Browsing: United States

An “absorbing” USA Today bestseller (Booklist) with over 1,500 five-star Goodreads ratings! Young Alice Roosevelt makes waves as she’s swept up in political dealings, family feuds, and whirlwind relationships. “A vividly imagined portrait that mesmerized me from the first page to the last” (Kristina McMorris).

When–and how–did America become so polarized? In this masterful history, leading historians Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover…

Witness the “Little Ice Age” in this thorough history that tracks the 17th-century climate crisis and its cataclysmic effect on European culture, politics, and more. “A sweeping story, embracing developments in economics and science, philosophy and exploration, religion and politics… Beautifully clear” (The New Yorker).

Meet an American woman who risked everything to aid the French Resistance in this riveting historical biography of socialite-turned-spy Virginia Hall. With over 9,500 five-star Goodreads ratings, this “excellent” NPR Best Book of 2019 “is as riveting as any thriller” (The New York Times Book Review).

When his rival is arrested for murdering a local politician, young attorney Abraham Lincoln and his best friend, Joshua Speed, must race against time to unravel the mysterious case. “Putnam combines an historian’s understanding of character and context with a remarkable narrative drive” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin).

“Genuinely different… Spellbinding” (Patrick Ness, bestselling author of A Monster Calls): To learn once and for all whether her cult is right about what lies beyond the fence, Moonbeam commits a daring crime — and must face the consequences.

In the #1 New York Times bestseller, the former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office…

It was the hottest night of sex he’d ever had. Jeremy Friessen had heard the whispers that he was just…

“With astonishing verve, The League of Wives persisted to speak truth to power to bring their POW/MIA husbands home from…

“Expansive… paints an extraordinary portrait of America’s home front during the first year of World War II” (Publishers Weekly starred review): In 1942, the United States was faced with the possibility of losing the war. This narrative history examines the impact of this period of darkness and upheaval.