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The Cause

The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

by Joseph J. Ellis, Ph.D. ...

New York Times Book Review — Editors’ Choice • Chicago Tribune — "60 Best Reads for Right Now" • St. Louis Post-Dispatch — "50 Fall Books You Should Consider Reading"Challenging conventional wisdom, The Cause offers a “necessary” (John S. Gardner, Guardian) account of the origins and clashing ideologies of America’s revolutionary era.For Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Joseph J. Ellis, The C... ... Read more

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New York Times Book Review — Editors’ Choice • Chicago Tribune — "60 Best Reads for Right Now" • St. Louis Post-Dispatch — "50 Fall Books You Should Consider Reading"Challenging conventional wisdom, The Cause offers a “necessary” (John S. Gardner, Guardian) account of the origins and clashing ideologies of America’s revolutionary era.For Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Joseph J. Ellis, The C...
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Six Women of Salem

The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials

by Marilynne K. Roach ...

"[Full of] the author's deep knowledge of virtually every man, woman and child affected by the trials in this bizarre period." — Kirkus ReviewsThe story of the Salem Witch Trials told through the lives of six womenSix Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of ... Read more

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"[Full of] the author's deep knowledge of virtually every man, woman and child affected by the trials in this bizarre period." — Kirkus ReviewsThe story of the Salem Witch Trials told through the lives of six womenSix Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of
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Columbine

by Dave Cullen ...

Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror ..."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders. ... Read more

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Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror ..."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders.
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American Scoundrel

Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

by Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark ...

**“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheimer, a ... Read more

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**“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheimer, a
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House of Rain

Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest

by Craig Childs ...

An eye-opening historic guidebook that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to put a light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest.The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's southwestern New Mexico) and built ... Read more

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An eye-opening historic guidebook that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to put a light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest.The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's southwestern New Mexico) and built
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No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era

by Jacqueline Jones ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY • A “sensitive, immersive, and exhaustive” portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston, from “a gifted practitioner of labor history and urban history” (Tiya Miles, National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried)Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum Boston famous as the nation’s hub of radical ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY • A “sensitive, immersive, and exhaustive” portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston, from “a gifted practitioner of labor history and urban history” (Tiya Miles, National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried)Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum Boston famous as the nation’s hub of radical
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Palo Alto

A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

by Malcolm Harris ...

The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is a story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative.“Extraordinary.” —Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the MythPalo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and ... Read more

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The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is a story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative.“Extraordinary.” —Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the MythPalo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and
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The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy

and the Path to a Shared American Future

by Robert P. Jones ...

A New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author of White Too Long comes the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493 “full of urgency and insight” (The New York Times), examining contemporary communities in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma for models of racial repair and charting a new course toward a genuinely pluralistic democracy.Beginning with contemporary effects to reckon ... Read more

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A New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author of White Too Long comes the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493 “full of urgency and insight” (The New York Times), examining contemporary communities in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma for models of racial repair and charting a new course toward a genuinely pluralistic democracy.Beginning with contemporary effects to reckon
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American Dreams

The United States Since 1945

by H. W. Brands ...

From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided-and sometimes misguided-our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone.For a brief, bright moment in 1945, America stood at its apex, looking back on victory not only against the Axis powers but against the Great Depression, and looking ahead to seemingly limitless power and promise. What we've done with ... Read more

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From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided-and sometimes misguided-our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone.For a brief, bright moment in 1945, America stood at its apex, looking back on victory not only against the Axis powers but against the Great Depression, and looking ahead to seemingly limitless power and promise. What we've done with
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Stealing America

The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History

by Linford D. Fisher ...

**Longlisted for the 2026 Cundill History Prize“An indispensable book, as intellectually provocative as it is emotionally wrenching.”—Greg Grandin, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The End of the Myth**Although the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before. In a work distinguished not only by its original research but by ... Read more

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**Longlisted for the 2026 Cundill History Prize“An indispensable book, as intellectually provocative as it is emotionally wrenching.”—Greg Grandin, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The End of the Myth**Although the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before. In a work distinguished not only by its original research but by
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Lincoln vs. Davis

The War of the Presidents

by Nigel Hamilton ...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILDER LEHRMAN LINCOLN PRIZEFrom the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.**Of all the books written on Abraham Lincoln, there ... Read more

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILDER LEHRMAN LINCOLN PRIZEFrom the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.**Of all the books written on Abraham Lincoln, there
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This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed

How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

by Charles E Cobb Jr. ...

Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama home as "an arsenal."Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced ... Read more

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Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama home as "an arsenal."Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced
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American Sirens

The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

by Kevin Hazzard ...

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world.**? "A riveting portrait ... a fascinating and deeply rewarding study of triumph in the face of adversity." -**Publishers Weekly (starred review)Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, ... Read more

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The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world.**? "A riveting portrait ... a fascinating and deeply rewarding study of triumph in the face of adversity." -**Publishers Weekly (starred review)Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis,
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Blood and Treasure

Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin ...

**The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —**Wall Street JournalThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power—Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great ... Read more

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**The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —**Wall Street JournalThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power—Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great
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President McKinley

Architect of the American Century

by Robert W. Merry ...

Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a “measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight…a deft character study of a president” (The New York Times Book Review) whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect the stamp he put on America’s future role in the world.Republican President William McKinley ... Read more

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Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a “measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight…a deft character study of a president” (The New York Times Book Review) whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect the stamp he put on America’s future role in the world.Republican President William McKinley
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The Incorruptibles

A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

by Dan Slater ...

This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime.In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on earth, Eastern European Jews formed a dense web of crime syndicates. Gangs of horse ... Read more

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This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime.In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on earth, Eastern European Jews formed a dense web of crime syndicates. Gangs of horse
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American Anarchy

The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

by Michael Willrich ...

**FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYA "lively, fast-paced history" (Adam Hochschild, bestselling author of American Midnight) of America’s anarchist movement and the government’s tireless efforts to destroy it**In the early twentieth century, anarchists like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman championed a radical vision of a world without states, laws, or private property. Militant and ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYA "lively, fast-paced history" (Adam Hochschild, bestselling author of American Midnight) of America’s anarchist movement and the government’s tireless efforts to destroy it**In the early twentieth century, anarchists like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman championed a radical vision of a world without states, laws, or private property. Militant and
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Reagan

His Life and Legend

by Max Boot ...

**NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWashington Post • 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024Best Books of 2024: The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, The Auburn Citizen"This elegant biography of the 40th president stands out for its deep authority and nimble style.... A landmark work." —New York Times, "10 Best Books of 2024""Reagan: His Lif... ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWashington Post • 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024Best Books of 2024: The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, The Auburn Citizen"This elegant biography of the 40th president stands out for its deep authority and nimble style.... A landmark work." —New York Times, "10 Best Books of 2024""Reagan: His Lif...
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The Radical Fund

How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

by John Fabian Witt ...

As recommended on The Ezra Klein ShowFrom Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the “engrossing” (The New York Times) secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the Garland Fund.In 1922, a young idealist named Charles Garland rejected a million-dollar inheritance. In a ... Read more

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As recommended on The Ezra Klein ShowFrom Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the “engrossing” (The New York Times) secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the Garland Fund.In 1922, a young idealist named Charles Garland rejected a million-dollar inheritance. In a
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The Coldest Winter

America and the Korean War

by David Halberstam ...

From a journalist and bestselling author of The Best and the Brightest, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America's postwar foreign policy.**"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." —**The New York TimesDavid Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict ... Read more

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From a journalist and bestselling author of The Best and the Brightest, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America's postwar foreign policy.**"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." —**The New York TimesDavid Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict
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America's Founding Son

John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick

by Bob Crawford ...

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLER“A riveting account of the extraordinary life of John Quincy Adams, America’s sixth president.” —Ken Burns, award-winning filmmaker“Brilliantly rendered...every page crackles with fresh insights and telling anecdotes.” —Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author, and professor of history at Rice UniversityAn accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s ... Read more

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**A NATIONAL BESTSELLER“A riveting account of the extraordinary life of John Quincy Adams, America’s sixth president.” —Ken Burns, award-winning filmmaker“Brilliantly rendered...every page crackles with fresh insights and telling anecdotes.” —Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author, and professor of history at Rice UniversityAn accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s
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River of Darkness

Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon

by Buddy Levy ...

The acclaimed author of Labyrinth of Ice charts the legendary sixteenth-century adventurer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon River.In 1541, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant Francisco Orellana searched for La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man." Quickly, the enormous expedition of mercenaries, enslaved natives, ... Read more

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The acclaimed author of Labyrinth of Ice charts the legendary sixteenth-century adventurer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon River.In 1541, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant Francisco Orellana searched for La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man." Quickly, the enormous expedition of mercenaries, enslaved natives,
... Read more
Ada Blackjack

A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

by Jennifer Niven ...

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island.In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Inuit woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack ... Read more

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From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island.In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Inuit woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack
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Firepower

How Weapons Shaped Warfare

by Paul Lockhart ...

The “fascinating” (Wall Street Journal) story of how military technology has transformed the worldThe history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare but also the very structure of power in the West, from ... Read more

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The “fascinating” (Wall Street Journal) story of how military technology has transformed the worldThe history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare but also the very structure of power in the West, from
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