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From revolutions to revelations, these books decode society’s tangled mess with insight, wit, and maybe a conspiracy theory or two.
The New York Times bestselling history of early Christianity in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—from "one of America's best scholars of religion" ( The Economist ). In this groundbreaking book, renowned scholar Philip Jenkins explores a vast and forgotten network of...
A definitive account of the psychology of zealotry, from a National Book Award winner and a leading authority on the nature of cults, political absolutism, and mind control In this unique and timely volume Robert Jay Lifton, the National Book Award–winning...
During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Ireland experienced the worst disaster a nation could suffer. Fully a quarter of its citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated, with so many dying en route that it was said, "you can...
When members of the founding generation protested against British authority, debated separation, and then ratified the Constitution, they formed the American political character we know today-raucous, intemperate, and often mean-spirited. Revolutionary Dissent brings...
"Culminating with the Armada's ghastly shipwrecks in Ireland, Hutchinson's day-by-day story of the Armada is a fine production for maritime history buffs." ― Booklist After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic...
The renowned political thinker and author of The Origins of Totalitarianism examines the troubling consequences of humanity's increasing power. A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant today than when it first appeared in...
"A valuable addition to the new wave of critical studies on the history of oil and energy policy"—and a bracing corrective to longstanding myths (James M. Gustafson, Diplomatic History ). Conventional wisdom tells us that the US military presence in the Persian Gulf...
Before AIDS or coronavirus, there was the Spanish Flu — Catharine Arnold's gripping narrative, Pandemic 1918, marks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history. In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread...
The gripping account of the riot aboard the USS Kitty Hawk —and the first mutiny in U.S. Naval history In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin. Its five thousand...
New York Times –Bestselling Author: "Frank's reconstruction of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's murder and its aftermath is remarkably convincing." — The New York Times Written by two-time Edgar Award winner Gerold Frank, An American Death examines the infamous 1968...