Browsing: Politics and Current Events

This New York Times bestseller offers a compelling portrait of the woman behind the myth of Camelot — and the ambition and trauma that shaped her life. “An intimate and revealing look at one of the 20th century’s most remarkable — and misunderstood — women” (Kirkus Reviews).

A Sunday Times bestseller with nearly 4,300 five-star ratings on Goodreads: This illuminating World War I account presents the story of four men who made a mark on the Middle East. “Richly detailed… The best work of military history in recent memory” (The New York Times).

Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work — but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social…

“Perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” (Time): This New York Times bestseller chronicles the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation that blew open the Watergate scandal and ended Richard Nixon’s presidency. With over 21,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

A Pulitzer Prize–winning account with over 6,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: When four Black men were accused of sexual assault in 1940s Florida, attorney Thurgood Marshall — who went on to become a Supreme Court justice — risked his life to fight a racist criminal justice system and the Ku Klux Klan.

Reflecting on her role in US history, Madeleine Albright — the first female Secretary of State — tells the story of her remarkable career with warmth and humor. A “thorough and insightful” memoir (Publishers Weekly) with over 2,500 five-star Goodreads ratings!

In this New York Times bestseller, Madeleine Albright reveals how she turned an assortment of brooches into a powerful instrument of diplomacy during her time as Secretary of State. A fascinating political insider’s story.

This New York Times bestseller offers a “painful but indispensable account” (Booklist starred review) of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. “Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Rick Atkinson), with over 3,100 five-star Goodreads ratings.

In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning science journalist explains the emergence of zoonotic diseases — illnesses that pass from animal to human — and the ways they are linked to disrupted ecosystems. “An essential work” (Booklist) with over 7,400 five-star Goodreads ratings.

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history…