History and Current Events

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Updated April 21, 2026
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Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Jake Tapper
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 The damning inside story of Joe Biden's decline while in office - and the desperate...
The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization
Owen Rees
Paper Book
'A tour of those far-flung places where Romans rarely dared to venture' The Times 'A strikingly original take . . . uncovering forgotten stories of life on the periphery' Spectator 'This is the book for expanding your ancient history horizon'...
America, América: A New History of the New World
Greg Grandin
Paper Book
'An original and outstanding new history of the New World... Magisterial' Spectator 'An extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America, América reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez' Irish Times ...
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Laura Spinney
Paper Book
*A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2025* 'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One ancient language transformed...
Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
Kenneth R. Rosen
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan
Lyse Doucet

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