18 books like Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway

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Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge · 1929 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Today Americans of all backgrounds are on the hunt for a different politi­cal model. In fact, such a model awaits them, if only they turn their eyes to their own past . . . to America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge's masterful autobiography offers urgent lessons for our age of exploding debt, increasingly centralized power, and fierce partisan division. This expanded and… Shares: Presidents, Politics and government

Deception Point Dan Brown · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Deception Point is a 2001 mystery-thriller novel by American author Dan Brown. It is Brown's third novel. It was published by Simon & Schuster. The novel follows White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton's involvement in corroborating NASA's discovery of a meteorite that supposedly contains proof of extraterrestrial life, resembling the ALH84001 case. The discovery comes at a time close to… Shares: Election, Presidents

It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis · 1935 · ★ 3.8 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Challenging It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things,… Shares: Election, Presidents

A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility HallIsaac Hunt

A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility Hall Isaac Hunt · 1765 Shares: Politics and government, Humor

Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston · 2019 · ★ 4.4 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President of the United States, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius--his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with an actual prince, Henry, across the… Shares: Presidents, Humor

The counter-scuffle R. S. · 1626 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Shares: Humor, Social life and customs

Bitter lemons Lawrence Durrell · 1957 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate With the publication of Justine Lawrence Durrell became, almost overnight, one of the most talked about, widely acclaimed novelists of the decade. Now, in Bitter Lemons, his focus has shifted from the world of his imagination to life itself. Writing in the exquisite poetic prose that critics have hailed as unequalled in contemporary literature, he tells the perceptive, often humorous story of his… Shares: Politics and government, Social life and customs

Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt. Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen… Shares: Humor

Opera Bartolomeo Scappi · 1570 · 978p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Macbeth at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in St. Olaf's Castle, Savonlinna, Finland, in 2007]] Shares: Election, Social life and customs

The autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt · 1913 · 606p · ≈ 20h · Challenging The autobiography of president Theodore Roosevelt. Shares: Presidents, Politics and government

The House of Kennedy James Patterson · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of… Shares: Presidents, Politics and government

The True-Born Englishman Daniel Defoe · 1700 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Demanding "The True-Born Englishman" is a satirical poem published in 1701 by Daniel Defoe defending the then King of England William, who was Dutch-born, against xenophobic attacks by his political enemies, and ridiculing the notion of English racial purity. Shares: Politics and government, Humor

Planet Simpson Chris Turner · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "D'oh - it's The Simpsons. And here's the book with the behind-the-scenes story of how America's favorite nuclear family first arrived at a TV near you, how the series grew into a worldwide icon, and who brings it to life so brilliantly week after week, year after year."--BOOK JACKET. Shares: Humor, Social life and customs

The lighter side of Irish life George A. Birmingham · 1911 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares: Humor, Social life and customs

Philosopher's Joke Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1999 · 27p · ≈ 54m · Moderate Shares: Humor

Angliae notitia Edward Chamberlayne · 1669 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Shares: Politics and government, Social life and customs

Válka s mloky Karel Čapek · 1936 · ★ 4.2 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Originally written in 1936, two years before Capek's death and three years before the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, War with the Newts is considered by many to be Capek's greatest book. Working in the "fantastic" satiric tradition of Wells, Orwell, and Vonnegut, Capek chronicles the discovery of a colony of highly intelligent giant salamanders off the coast of an Indonesian island. Capek… Shares: Politics and government, Humor

Citt and Bumpkin Roger L'Estrange · 1680 · 38p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Citt and Bumpkin Roger L'Estrange, english pamphleteer and author (1616-1704) This ebook presents «Citt and Bumpkin», from Roger L'Estrange. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCTION -03- CITT AND BUMKIN IN A DIALOGUE Shares: Politics and government, Humor

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