Browsing: History

“One of the truly great biographies of our time” (New York Times bestselling author Sean Wilentz): A New York Times bestselling author offers an intimate look at the life of the late Ted Kennedy. “The most detailed portrait we have of the man, and by a considerable margin” (The Washington Post).

Be an active citizen. Know your Constitution!   Ever wonder why the president has a Cabinet? Why there’s such thing…

A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29 “Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” –The…

France invaded Mexico in 1861 on the pretext of collecting past-due debts. Their armies overran the country as Napoleon III…

In this “exemplary, inviting” account (Kirkus Reviews), a food historian traces African American cooking and its influence on the US through his own family’s experiences. “A valuable addition to culinary and Old South historiography” (Library Journal starred review), with over 900 five-star Goodreads ratings.

Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of the wives of officers in…

Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book AwardWinner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist for the 2020…

The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a…

Serving as the “catalyst” of the Pentecostal movement in the twentieth century, William J. Seymour turned a tiny former horse…

In The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion…