Browsing: Politics and Current Events

After the attacks of 9/11, the residents of a small Newfoundland town provided a temporary home for thousands of stranded airline passengers. This uplifting account shares true stories of generosity, kindness, and lasting friendship in the wake of tragedy.

At age 18, Stacey Lannert killed her sexually abusive father and received a life sentence — one that was commuted 18 years later. She reflects on justice and sisterhood in this “devastating and important” memoir (New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf).

A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Poisonwood Bible: On a Southern farm, young wife and mother Dellarobia makes a discovery that changes her world forever. A “majestic and brave” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from “a gifted magician of words” (Time).

Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work,…

During World War II, a young Jewish woman named Marthe Cohn became a spy for the French Resistance, participating in life-or-death missions to help take down the Nazis. “This compelling memoir is testament to how extraordinary circumstances can transform a life” (Publishers Weekly).

This New York Times bestseller details how the leaders of three powerful nations — the United States, Great Britain, and France — reshaped global politics after World War I. “A treasure” (Booklist) with nearly 3,300 five-star Goodreads ratings.

This New York Times bestseller with over 4,000 five-star Goodreads ratings takes an “utterly engrossing” look (The Washington Post) into two lethal diseases: smallpox and anthrax. “One of the most horrifying things I’ve ever read in my life” (Stephen King).

“Social history at its best” (Publishers Weekly): This evocative work examines the harsh lives of settlers in Montana and the Dakotas during the homesteading rush. “As good a book as I have read about rural America in a very long time” (The New York Times Book Review).

From a New York Times bestselling author comes a Pulitzer Prize winner with over 14,200 five-star ratings on Goodreads. Follow a controversial presidency in this account of Andrew Jackson’s years in the White House. “A vivid, fascinating human drama” (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs).

“Mesmerizing” (Chicago Tribune): Between 1915 and 1970, nearly six million Black Americans left the South. A Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores the migration through the eyes of three individuals in this “brilliant and stirring epic” (The Wall Street Journal) with over 46,000 five-star Goodreads ratings. “A landmark piece of nonfiction” (The New York Times).