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How World War II Changed America by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
My father. Earl Hutchinson Sr. and my uncle, James Hutchinson, were World War II veterans," says political and World War II History analyst Earl Ofari...
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Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs
Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson ...
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The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the...
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The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag by Peter Burke
From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in...
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Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden
An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic—the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence...
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order - Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and...
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The Fifties: An Underground History by James R. Gaines
A bold and original argument that upends the myth of the Fifties as a decade of conformity to celebrate the solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who...
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Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights by Karen Blumenthal
This YA nonfiction by award-winning author Karen Blumenthal reveals the riveting history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States—and how ...
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Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War by Deborah Cohen
A prize-winning historian’s revelatory account of a close-knit band of American reporters who, in the run-up to World War II, took on the world’s...
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Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World by Ryan Britt
Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek,...
