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"An intellectual lifeline for anyone who believes America should be on freedom's side, and knows, in their heart, that there must be a better way." —Peter Beinart, New York Times–bestselling authorA demagogue is a tyrant who owes his initial rise to the democratic...
A major new history of capitalism from the perspective of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, who sustained and resisted it for centuriesThe Mexican Heartland provides a new history of capitalism from the perspective of the landed communities surrounding Mexico City. In...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this biography of Fuller "is as seductive as it is impressive . . . In Ms. Marshall, Fuller has . . . her ideal biographer" (New York Times).From an early age, Margaret Fuller provoked and dazzled New England's intellectual elite. Her...
This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and...
The history of the vital decisions that disrupted the victorious momentum of the Axis powers in World War II, leading to their downfall.As the Japanese fleet prepared to sail from Japan to Pearl Harbor, the German army was launching its final desperate assault on...
A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young...
NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWashington Post • 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024Best Books of 2024: The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, The Auburn Citizen"This elegant biography of the 40th president stands...
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence--yet how many of them do we actually remember?Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen,...
A New York Times bestseller • A finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize and the 2025 Cundill History Prize“An extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America, AmĂ©rica reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel GarcĂa Márquez.” —Irish...
A unique and "often quite moving" look at gay women's role in US history (The Washington Post). In this "essential and impassioned addition to American history," the three-time Lambda Literary Award winner and author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers focuses on a...