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“A must-read for today’s politics” ( San Francisco Chronicle ), the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America’s class problem are collected in one searing and...
Few historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades before they faced each other as enemies at Appomattox, they had been brothers -- both West Point graduates, both wearing blue, and both fighting in the...
Drawing on unpublished letters and rare sources, this is the true story behind the tragic romance and brutal assassination that ignited World War I. In the summer of 1914, three great empires dominated Europe: Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Four years later all...
One of Europe’s leading intellectual historians deconstructs the dark side of liberalism, sifting through 3 centuries of liberal writings by John Locke, Alexis de Tocqueville, and others. In this definitive historical investigation, Italian author and philosopher...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * by the author of The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald The "riveting" ( National Post ) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of...
" A compelling account of the lives of Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II . . . instructive and moving."—Nippon.com From the editor of the award-winning Children of Manzanar , Heather C. Lindquist, and Edgar Award winner Naomi Hirahara...
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." —Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author "Meltzer and Mensch are masters." —Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America "A true story that reads like a thriller." —Alexander...
New York Times Bestseller In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution....
"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself." —Howard Zinn A new edition of the national bestseller and...
The strategy and planning behind D-Day: "The best-researched, best-written account [of the Normandy Campaign] I have ever read."— The New York Times Book Review One of the most controversial and dangerous military operations in the history of modern warfare, the...