History and Current Events

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Everything is tuberculosis : the history and persistence of our deadliest infection
Green, John.
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! * #1 Washington Post bestseller! * #1 Indie Bestseller! * USA Today Bestseller! John Green, acclaimed author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the...
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION * Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction * Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 * A...
Abundance
Klein, Ezra
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 * NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 * KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2025 * NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025 "A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming...
America, Am ʼrica : A New History of the New World
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller * A finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction "An extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America, América reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great...
Who Is Government? : The Untold Story of Public Service
"Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent." --Washington Post One of President Obama's 2025 Summer Reads As seen on CBS Mornings, CNN Anderson Cooper, ABC News Live, MSNBC Morning Joe, and many more ...
Summer of Fire and Blood : The German Peasants' War
Paper Book
Winner of the Cundill Prize From a prize-winning historian, the definitive account of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe "A balanced, comprehensive survey of the uprising, gripping in its narrative and perceptive in its...
Mesopotamian Riddle : An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
Paper Book
An "adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike" (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass...
Propaganda Girls : The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
Paper Book
The incredible untold story of four women who spun the web of deception that helped win World War II. Betty MacDonald was a 28-year-old reporter from Hawaii. Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny Czechoslovakian village and knew five languages by the time she was 21. Jane...
Rot : An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
Paper Book
A "vigorous and engaging" (Fintan O'Toole, New Yorker) new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland's most infamous disaster In 1845, European potato fields from Spain to Scandinavia were attacked by a novel pathogen....
Nazi Mind : Twelve Warnings from History
Rees, Laurence.
Paper Book
From an award-winning historian, a "compelling and frankly terrifying" (Telegraph) analysis of the rise of Nazi extremism, how such thinking gained popularity, and why it is vital to fight burgeoning extremist movements today How could the SS have committed...
World after Gaza : A History
Mishra, Pankaj
"Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous and mind-expanding." --Naomi Klein "This profoundly important and urgent book finds Mishra, one of our most intellectually astute and courageous writers, at the peak of his powers." --Hisham Matar "A triumphant...
Folly of Realism : How the West Deceived Itself about Russia and Betrayed Ukraine
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller  A chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences - "A must-read for anyone who wants to understand what went...
Red Scare : Blacklists, Mccarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
Paper Book
From an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both "lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible...[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to...
Original Sin : President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Tapper, Jake
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Superbly reported . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids." -- Los Angeles Times "Explosive." --The New York Times "[The] most significant book to date about Biden's cognitive decline."...
Miracles and Wonder : The Historical Mystery of Jesus
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From a renowned National Book Award-winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world. "This is a brilliant and necessary book. Sober...
Sinners All Bow : Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
Dawson, Kate Winkler
Paper Book
On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (Avery's lawyers) claimed her death was suicide...but others weren't so sure. Determined to uncover the real...
Secret History of the Five Eyes : The Untold Story of the International Spy Network
This is the definitive account of the Western world's most powerful--but least known--intelligence alliance, which remains central to the defense of the free world in a dangerously uncertain time. The Five Eyes--a spy network between the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada,...
(un)kind : How 'Be Kind' Entrenches Sexism
Smith, Victoria.
Paper Book
'Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read' Sharron Davies 'This brilliant book shows how demands for compassion and generosity can be a mask for sexist ideology' Susanna Rustin A brilliantly witty and insightful analysis of how...
Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza : A Reckoning
Beinart, Peter
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A bold, urgent appeal from the acclaimed columnist and political commentator, addressing one of the most important issues of our time "At this painful moment, Peter Beinart's voice is more vital than ever....
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