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A much-needed overview of 7000 years of development in the ancient Near East from the beginning of settled life to formation of the first regional states.Hans Nissen's approach to the study of Mesopotamian civilization differs markedly from conventional orientations,...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off into the heart of America, following the path of the legendary Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that both takes him far from home and brings him closer to it. “Rollicking,...
"If we are going to live in a democracy, we need to have a healthy middle class . . . tells us what needs to be done to reclaim what it is to be American." —Eric Utne, founder, Utne Reader America does not need an "upgrade." For years the Right has been tampering with...
A New York Times Notable Book A Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionNew York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan reveals the life story of the man determined to preserve a people and culture in Short Nights of the...
Finalist for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardLonglisted for the 2026 Cundill History PrizeLonglisted for the 2026 Plutarch Award (Biographers International Organization)Publishers Weekly • Best Books of 2025 [Nonfiction]Foreign Policy • Most Anticipated Books of...
Named a Best Book of 2026 So Far by The New Yorker“Crisply told and uncomfortably relevant.” —The New York Times Book Review“Exquisite.” —Wall Street JournalAn astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilationIn...
The Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America’s most mysterious institutions—the Federal Reserve—to show how its policies spearheaded by...
Decades after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.The Ball family hails from South...
Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the aristocrats and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who secretly aided Hitler and Nazi Germany.Hitler said, "I am convinced that propaganda is an essential...
"A dynamic new history of the early AIDS crisis in North America, superbly contextualized"—Now an award-winning documentary feature film (John Howard, author of Men Like That and White Sepulchres)."This well-written book is a must-read for historians, practitioners,...
