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From bestselling author, CNN+ host of No Mercy, No Malice, and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation – and how we got here.We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political...
"Quelle histoire! . . . This book is a feast of tidbits about French history . . . the presentation [is] jazzed up with sidebars and timelines." —The New York Times Book ReviewWith the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” —USA TODAY * “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” —The Christian Science Monitor * “ENTHRALLING.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * “A MUST-READ.” —Booklist (starred review)A human drama unlike any other: the riveting and...
"An inspiring overview of . . . perseverance, poignant losses, and stirring collective gains. . . . As much a work of love . . . as it is a work of history." ―PopMattersThe variety of LGBTQ life in Chicago is too abundant and too diverse to be contained in a single...
This history of Arabia's overpowering cultural expansion across the globe is "a brisk account of Islam's momentous first century" (New York Times).Today's Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. In just over one hundred years following the death of Mohammed in...
A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor. Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have...
A leading legal scholar explores how the constitutional right to seek justice has been restricted by the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court's decisions on constitutional rights are well known and much talked about. But individuals who want to defend those rights need...
In this masterful, stylish, and authoritative book, Michael Burleigh gives us an epic history of the battles over religion in modern Europe, examining the complex and often lethal ways in which politics and religion have interacted and influenced each other over the...
New York Times Bestseller: "A deeply thought-provoking book about the dramatic changes we must make to save the planet from financial madness." —Naomi Klein, New York Times–bestselling authorOpening with Oscar Wilde's observation that "nowadays people know the price...
The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the ChurchIn this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, PhilipJenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful charactersshaped Christian doctrine. Were it not...
