I almost paid no attention to this expecting it to be a category that I'd have no interest in. However I love reading history books. So three suggestions from me.
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ence-in-arabia
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
New York Times • Christian Science Monitor • NPR • Seattle Times • St. Louis Dispatch
National Book Critics Circle Finalist -- American Library Association Notable Book East
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Kindle ebook:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ref=gi_dp_gtfa
Also on Overdrive. Check your library access.
Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ul-of-a-people
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Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Studs Terkel. In the 1930s they were all caught up in an effort to describe America in a series of WPA guides. Through striking images and firsthand accounts, the book reveals their experiences and the most vivid excerpts from selected guides and interviews: Harlem schoolchildren, truckers, Chicago fishmongers, Cuban cigar makers, a Florida midwife, Nebraskan meatpackers, and blind musicians.
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Kindle edition:
https://www.amazon.com/Soul-People-W...ul+of+a+People
Also on Overdrive. Check your library access.
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...56-jacksonland
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Jacksonland is the thrilling narrative history of two men—President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross—who led their respective nations at a crossroads of American history. Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. Jacksonland is their story.
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Kindle edition:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ref=gi_dp_gtfa
Also on Overdrive. Check your library access.