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The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court 


In "The Rule of Five," Richard J. Lazarus tells the gripping story of the most important environmental law case ever decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Find an Event

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American


Author Paula Yoo examines the outrage over the killing of Vincent Chin and the first federal civil rights trial involving a crime against an Asian American. Find an Event

Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis


In "Nuclear Folly," Serhii Plokhy offers a harrowing account of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how the U.S. and USSR came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse. Find an Event

Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR


"Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie" is journalist Lisa Napoli’s captivating account of these four women whose voices defined NPR. Find an Event

Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World


Jonathan Petropoulos's new book, "Göring’s Man in Paris," tells the story of Bruno Lohse, who helped supervise the Nazis’ systematic theft of thousands of artworks during World War II. Find an Event

Making a New American Constitution and the Question of Constitutional Reform


In his recent book, Van Cleve explores flaws in the U.S. Constitution and proposes solutions for them. Find an Event

Robert Strauss author program


Robert Strauss discusses mhis new book John Marshall: The Final Founder. Find an Event

Energy Crises Author program


Author and former Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration Jay Hakes discusses his new book Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s. Find an Event

The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights


The intertwined lives of Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright, and Frances Seward tell the stories of abolition, the Underground Railroad, and the early women's rights movement. Find an Event

How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America


Heather Cox Richardson argues that democracy’s blood-soaked victory was ephemeral as the system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and established a foothold there.
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