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A revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical relig...

Although America's universities have become the envy of the world for their creative energy and their production of transformative knowledge, few u...

The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come.     There is no position in...

The twenty-first century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures...

In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. The presidential election between Adams and Jefferson was a bitterly conte...

A New York Times bestsellerThe Great Deformation is a searing look at Washington's craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fis...

A “compelling” (New York Times) and personal daily account of the experience of the Great Depression in the mid-west, full of anxieties about the e...

The Great Disruption is a collection drawn from Adrian Wooldridge's influential Schumpeter columns in The Economist addressing the causes and profo...

The experts say that America's best days are behind us, that mediocre long-term economic growth is baked in the cake, and that politically, sociall...

The captivating story of how trains shaped American history“Wolmar’s sweeping history of railroads in America is rich in drama.” —The New Yorker Am...

The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best co...

The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best c...

“A compelling new biography… [The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived] spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures, as if ‘Succession’ were se...

"The Greatest Threat is the ""brutally candid"" inside story of the West's failure to stop Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from building weapons of m...

An astonishing look inside the gilded gates of Mar-a-Lago, the palatial resort where President Trump conducts government business with little regar...

For more than three hundred years, the world wrestled with conflicts that arose between nation-states. Nation-states wielded military force, financ...

For more than three hundred years, the world wrestled with conflicts that arose between nation-states. Nation-states wielded military force, financ...

Lawrence Epstein's The Haunted Smile tackles a subject both poignant and delightful: the story of Jewish comedians in America. For the past century...

Stalin had never been able to shake off the nightmare of Adolf Hitler. Just as in 1941 he refused to understand that Hitler had broken their non-ag...

“This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as...

“This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as...

One of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline, and paints a much brighter future for everyone. W...

A fan’s search for the truth about American history, human nature, and whether Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh will keep his job   Being a Uni...