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A stirring blueprint for American equality, from the "breakout stars" ( The New York Times ) of the young new left Democrat, Republican -- the list of presidential candidates confirms that business is proceeding pretty much as usual. The Future We Want proposes...
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of Modern Library ’ s 100 best nonfiction books of all time • One of Esquire ’s 50 best biographies of all time “A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle.”— Time This classic biography is the story...
A National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book, the true story of a black community standing up to a white, corrupt lawman. "An inspiring and absorbing account of the struggle for human dignity and racial equality." —Coretta Scott King From...
From the New York Times –bestselling author of Sons and Soldiers comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time. In February 1945, as the US victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers...
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five young, Polish Jewish women—champions who helped...
The story of Napoleon's invasion of the Nile Valley, the scholars and scientists who tagged along, and the birth of Egyptology: "A fascinating read." — San Francisco Chronicle Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse...
“Oligarchy is a system in which a small number of extremely wealthy individuals control the economic, political, and media life of a nation. It is a system in which ordinary people have very little power to determine the future of their country. If you’re an American,...
An informative look at the military conflicts that most altered the course of history and civilization, from ancient times to the modern world. Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Changed the World looks at the clashes the author believes have had the...
A "thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening" account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war ( Civil War News ). "West Virginia was the child of the storm." —Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. Lang As...
Comic essays from the author of Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style: "There's no book wiser or half as funny as I Shudder." —David Sedaris  I Shudder is a side-splittingly funny collection of essays from Paul Rudnick, one of America's preeminent humorists—a...