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Tales of twenty-eight famous operations, from Louis XIV to Einstein, JFK, and Houdini, with "insight into the thought process and philosophy of those who cut to heal" (Booklist). From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a...
The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America's history."Impressive. . . . Lakota America takes us from the sixteenth century to the present, with painstaking, carefully marshaled detail, but its real feat is in...
The first African refugee, the first Somali American, and one of the first Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress tells her story in this memoir named a Best Political Book of the Year by The Atlantic."The origin story of a leader who, finding no set path that would...
From a leading scholar on conservatism, the extraordinary chronicle of how the transformation of the American far right made the Trump presidency possible—and what it portends for the futureSince Trump's victory and the UK's Brexit vote, much of the commentary on the...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe Atlantic: 10 Best Books of 2022Best Books of the Year: Washington Post, New Yorker, Salon, Foreign Affairs, New Statesman, Chicago Public Library, Vroman's“[L]ike reading a great...
“An indispensable contribution to the understanding of our heritage.” – Robert A. Caro “This insightful collection will fascinate, delight, and challenge all who are interested in the progress of the American nation.”—Annette Gordon-Reed Here, in a single volume, are...
"This brilliantly original reexamination of Galileo" (New Yorker) is a cultural and social history revealing the relationship between patronage and science.In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of...
One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that...
Published to coincide with the ACLU's centennial, a major new book by the nationally celebrated journalist and bestselling authorFor a century, the American Civil Liberties Union has fought to keep Americans in touch with the founding values of the Constitution. As...
"A vigorous, necessary reminder of how racist reaction bred an American terrorism that suppressed Black political activity and crushed Reconstruction." —Sean Wilentz, The New York Times Book ReviewNicholas Lemann opens his extraordinary new book with a riveting...