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An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy A gripping oral history of the white nationalist riots that shook the nation and signaled the ...

Flush with Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries You sit on it every day, but how much do you really know about your toilet? Discover the history of...

A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival This extraordinary memoir shares an insight into the lives of the Uyghurs, a people and culture being ...

An Irreverent History of Travel This witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Air...

A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a r...

Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous An impassioned homage to the divas who shook up our world and transformed American culture with their bold, dazzlin...

Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives A vital exposé for both our history and our present day, American Scare tells the riveting story...

The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER The Kennedy name has long been synonymo...

How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom World War II spy, Filipino guerrilla fighter, war hero, Medal of Freedom recipient, lepro...

The Battle for a Dying Empire A dramatic retelling of the final years of the Western Roman Empire and the downfall of Rome from the perspective of ...

Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds In this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the ...

A Slugger's Bumpy Trek Across Small-Town America Babe Ruth could be his own worst enemy.   After the 1921 World Series, the Bambino and teammate Bo...

A Landless Indian's Journey Home A People Magazine "Best New Book of the Month" - Finalist for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award - A Kirkus Rev...

The History of the Images That Make Us A history of Black imagery that rewrites the history of visual culture and technology now Representations of...

The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of B...

A Field Guide to All Things Southern Hey, y'all. Welcome to the South! Viral sensation and TikToker Landon Bryant (@LandonTalks) presents his tongu...

How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycr...

The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land The Washington Post Most Anticipated Fall Read - Los Angeles Times and Parade Most Anticipate...

A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal The breakneck adventure of war, romance, politics, and betrayal, where noble gentleman privateer William Kidd...

Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion "Terrifically exciting and fun" (Publishers Weekly), Champagne...

An American Story The first narrative account of the Charlottesville riot, a turning point and a retrenchment in the American story In August 2017,...

A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette From the creator of the acclaimed country music history podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones, comes the ep...

In 1920, the average person was just becoming aware of the modern age of science and invention. Scientists were discovering new physical laws, new ...

The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men–era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kin...