Browsing: United States

“The best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available” (The New York Review of Books): A Jewish doctor chronicles his time at Auschwitz, where he was forced to work as an assistant to the infamous Nazi scientist Josef Mengele. A New York Times bestseller with over 9,100 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A US senator examines the history of gun violence in the United States in this “nuanced exploration” (Time) that seeks to understand the issue and find a way forward. “An engrossing, moving, and utterly motivating account of the human stakes of gun violence in America” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Samantha Power).

On Good Friday in 1964, an earthquake devastated Anchorage, Alaska. This “funny, poignant, and surprising” narrative history (Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) tells the story of the radio reporter who brought the community together in the aftermath.

A must-read for fans of Unbroken: Army Green Beret medic Gary Beikirch came home from Vietnam with a Medal of Honor — but the war had tested his mind and soul in unimaginable ways. Retreating to the New England mountains, the veteran would have an encounter with God that would change his life forever.

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal…

“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based…

An award-winning investigative reporter shares the real-life detective story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights…

The first and definitive biography of one of the great American novelists of the postwar era, the author of Dog…

“A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history” (Kirkus Reviews starred review): When Bettye Kearse traced her ancestors back to James Madison and an enslaved woman named Coreen, she embarked on a revelatory and painful journey to discover her family’s past. “A must-read” (Booklist).

After 10 years away, Laura returns home to be her town’s new schoolteacher — and to prevent her former flame Brody from losing his ranch. But Brody doesn’t want anything to do with the woman who broke his heart. Can the couple find their way to a happy ending?