I'll second The Great Siege.

Can anyone find a history book that's not too large, not too expensive and available in the USA at Overdrive?

Sure, Jon. I nominate Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine. Meets all your criteria, AND it's an excellent read.

Price -- $2.99 USD at Amazon.
Length -- 297 Pages
Overdrive -- of course. No holds at the Boston Public Library, but it is currently checked out. (There is also an Overdrive audio version, btw.)

Amazon description:
I will add that I am NOT going to read about Nazi Germany, not even the end of it. In fact, I'm actively not going to read or support any war related book, which also rules out Churchill, I'm afraid.

I'll second Bill Bryson's One Summer. Should be a good read, and I was able to score it from the library.

I second this. Thanks. Sounds interesting and yes, it fits my criteria.

I am first in like at Boston and Brooklyn public libraries. I'll cancel it at whatever library I don't get it from.

I read it years ago in hardback, and absolutely devoured it. I'd nominate his more recent Mountains Beyond Mountains, but at $12.99 it's really too expensive for this group. A wonderful book, and if you can score a copy at the library, I highly recommend it. But at $13, it's too rich for here.

I think I've recorded all the nominations to this point, but if you've given a nod to something and don't see it noted in the second post of this thread, be sure and speak up! :)

I'll see how I get on with the other and then if I like it, I'll see if I can get this one.

Question, what's with the new Kindle eBooks layout at Amazon.com? It's awful.

You might want to get on the wait list for Mountains. It's probably got a decent length one.

Not sure what you mean about Amazon. It's been as it current is for a while, at least as I'm seeing it. And I don't dislike it.

I second The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan. The story of the Vanderbilts and their continuing influence on this country and our world sounds timely.

I second Wounded.

I third The Great Siege.

We need a third on The Soul of A New Machine. It's available on Overdrive and if you cannot get it there, it's not expensive and it sounds like an interesting read that's not too long. Please third it.

I third One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson.

My second nomination goes to Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I

This month has a lot of promising books, i’ll probably end up buying multiple suggestions. Thanks guys :)