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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...
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice SelectionOne of President Bill Clinton’s “Best Things I’ve Read This Year”From 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...