A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. Learn More

From an eminent legal scholar and the president of the ACLU, an essential account of how transportation infrastructure—from highways and roads to sidewalks and buses—became a means of protecting segregation and inequality after the fall of Jim Crow. Learn More

A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivals. Learn More

One of the world's leading Egyptologists tells the rich and fascinating story of ancient Egypt's last dynasty. Learn More

From the US lead negotiator on climate change, an inside account of the seven-year negotiation that culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015—and where the international climate effort needs to go from here. Learn More

A former New York Times Paris bureau chief explores the Louvre, offering an intimate journey of discovery and revelation. Learn More

The latest book from the author of Reading Basquiat. Learn More

The latest book from the author of Qatar: A Modern History. Learn More

This book describes life in the tents and towns that the Viking Great Army inhabited: the treasure, tools, and weapons found in the camps and what they reveal about how the groups that made up the Army lived and the activities that took place, including the processing and trading of loot, the minting of coins, and the manufacture of jewelry. What emerges is evidence of a rich and diverse community whose impact on England can be traced to the present day. Learn More

When Jodi Bondi Norgaard, an experienced entrepreneur, attempted to shake-up the toy industry with a sports doll that appeals to today's more athletic, adventurous girls, she came to realize the roadblocks to success weren't only reluctant toy buyers, but a patriarchal culture that perpetuates gender roles and sexism. More Than a Doll is about her mission to break gender stereotypes and challenge the status quo. Learn More

From internationally bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusing attempt to become a coder himself. Learn More

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety. Learn More

An inside look at the most successful president of modern times. Learn More

The Airborne Mafia explores how a small group of World War II airborne officers took control of the US Army after World War II. This powerful cadre cemented a unique airborne culture that had an unprecedented impact on the Cold War US Army and beyond. Learn More

The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in English. Learn More

William Thorp examines the Golden State Killer case in this must-listen entry in the Fifty States of Crime series. Learn More

A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America. Learn More

A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidency. Learn More

Thomas Wentworth Higginson played a role in nearly every progressive movement of the nineteenth century, earning a place in studies of abolitionism, feminism, education, temperance, and Victorian fiction, as well as films, novels, and books featuring Dickinson and Harriet Tubman. These reveal only aspects of his storied life. Douglas Egerton's biography embraces all the facets of this American whirlwind, illuminating the ways in which Higginson's lifelong crusade for a more just world resonates today. Learn More