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From revolutions to revelations, these books decode society’s tangled mess with insight, wit, and maybe a conspiracy theory or two.
“From the death of John Quincy Adams through the Civil War to the tragedy of Reconstruction, Wineapple tells the American story brilliantly.” —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author A New York Times Notable Book of 2013 A Kirkus Best Book of 2013 A Bookpage Best...
“A journalistic chronicle of how Christians survived the repressive Mao era as well as a glimpse into why their numbers are rising.” —The Christian Science Monitor A Books & Culture Best Book of the Year When journalist Liao Yiwu first stumbled upon a vibrant...
“The best baseball book of the year . . . a close, exceptionally well-written look into the game’s epidemic of ruptured elbow ligaments.” —The Boston Globe The import of baseball pitchers is exceeded only by their fragility. One tiny band of tissue in the elbow, the...
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyWinner of the Goldsmith Book PrizeA New Yorker Best Book of the YearFor the 75th anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell’s still-radical ideas and why they are critical today.George Orwell...
A veteran US frogman recounts his experiences in World War II and the risky pre-invasion missions of the Underwater Demolition Teams.?Into Enemy Waters is the story of World War II’s most elite and daring unit of warriors, the direct precursors to the Navy SEALs, told...
A uniquely informed investigative account of one of the biggest financial crises of President Obama’s early administration During his first year in office, President Obama faced the possibility of more than a million lost jobs as GM and Chrysler headed for financial...
"An appealing mix of accessibility and research. [Hutton] has illuminated a fascinating and often appalling side of the war at home." — Wall Street Journal The never-before-told story of Eric Roberts, who infiltrated a network of Nazi sympathizers in Great Britain in...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “superb [and] intensely readable” (The Washington Post) untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II and the extraordinary spies who achieved it—from the bestselling author of Prisoners of the Castle“Not since Ian...
A “very moving” inside look at the Secret Service from an agent for George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush (Jake Tapper, CNN correspondent and New York Times–bestselling author of The Outpost).Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F....
NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 BY THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES "Irreversible Damage . . . has caused a storm. Abigail Shrier, a Wall Street Journal writer, does something simple yet devastating: she rigorously lays out...