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A New York Times Book Review Editorsâ Choice SelectionOne of President Bill Clintonâs âBest Things Iâve Read This YearâFrom the acclaimed historian and New Yorker writer comes this urgent manifesto on the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the...
The popular, "thought-provoking study" that explores how contemporary prejudices change the way each generation looks at the nation's past (Library Journal).  Historian Kyle Ward, the acclaimed co-author of History Lessons, offers another fascinating look at the...
A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to todayIn the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his vast and...
"Rothkopf does a brilliant job defining precisely how Trump has been aiding and abetting the enemy... compelling." --Financial TimesPolitical historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor.Donald...
A provocative, personal, blazingly intelligent examination of one of the most vexing questions facing the United States today: Who is, and should be, a citizen?â[A] fascinating, urgently needed new book.ââChicago Tribune âHow did âGive me your tired, your poor, your...
New York Times BestsellerA New York Times Notable BookNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus ReviewsFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)Shortlisted for the Cundill...
The stories of thirty war criminals who escaped accountability, from a historian praised for his "well written, scrupulously researched" work (The New York Times). Â This deeply researched book traces the biographies of thirty "typical" perpetrators of the...
Now featured in the Netflix documentary "Rather", legendary journalist Dan Rather writes with passion and integrity about what it means to be American, especially during these fractured times, in his resonant New York Times bestseller.  "A tonic for our times . . ....
A world-renowned classicist presents a groundbreaking biography of the man who sent Jesus of Nazareth to the Cross.The Roman prefect Pontius Pilate has been cloaked in rumor and myth since the first century, but what do we actually know of the man who condemned Jesus...
A gripping, often startling biography of the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot--an America of women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, Quakers, indentured workers, the poor, the mentally ill, and war veteransNinety percent of...