History and Current Events

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Updated May 31, 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
In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy. Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump term. He, his...
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...
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of the Modern Asia
Sam Dalrymple
Paper Book
** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ** ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026 A Best Book of the Year in the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts 'A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian'...
Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
Kenneth R. Rosen
Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
Scott Ellsworth
Paper Book
From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War-and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Told with a page-turning pace, New York Times bestselling...

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