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History, Current Affairs and Religion

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Kent State

An American Tragedy

by Brian VanDeMark

Hardcover: Aug 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences.

We Refuse

A Forceful History of Black Resistance

by Kellie Carter Jackson

Hardcover: Jun 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy.

The Barn

The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

by Wright Thompson

Hardcover: Sep 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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.

Soldiers and Kings

Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

by Jason De León

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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

The Wide Wide Sea

Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

by Hampton Sides

Hardcover: Apr 2024 | Paperback: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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 ...

So Many Stars

An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

by Caro De Robertis

Hardcover: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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 ...

The Afterlife of Malcolm X

An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America

by Mark Whitaker

Hardcover: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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.

Death in the Jungle

Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown

by Candace Fleming

Hardcover: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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 ...

Girl on Girl

How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves

by Sophie Gilbert

Hardcover: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert, a blazing critique of early aughts pop culture.

Women of War

The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis

by Suzanne Cope

Hardcover: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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.

America, América

A New History of the New World

by Greg Grandin

Hardcover: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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.

Says Who?

A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

by Anne Curzan

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

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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