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An American Tragedy
Hardcover: Aug 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025
A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences.
A Forceful History of Black Resistance
Hardcover: Jun 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025
A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy.
The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025
A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long.
Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025
An intense, intimate and first-of-its-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist with unprecedented access
Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hardcover: Apr 2024 | Paperback: May 2025
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this ...
An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color
Hardcover: May 2025
Award-winning novelist Caro De Robertis offers a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of queer and trans elders of color, from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens to tell their stories of ...
An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America
Hardcover: May 2025
Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of his birth, the first major study of Malcolm X's influence in the sixty years since his assassination, exploring his enduring impact on culture, politics, and civil rights.
Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
Hardcover: Apr 2025
How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious ...
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Hardcover: Apr 2025
From Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert, a blazing critique of early aughts pop culture.
The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis
Hardcover: Apr 2025
The gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fighters.
A New History of the New World
Hardcover: Apr 2025
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the first comprehensive history of the Western Hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both.
A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Mar 2025
A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan
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