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Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn
In their book, "Free Speech," Jonathan Zimmerman and Signe Wilkinson tell the story of free speech in America and make the case for why we should care abou
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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier
In their book "Blood and Treasure," Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier.
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Suppressed: Confessions of a Former New York Times Washington Correspondent
In his book "Suppressed," Robert M. Smith, a New York Times former White House and investigative correspondent, discloses how some stories make it to print while others are ignored.
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The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
In "The Words that Made Us," Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted.
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The Triumph of Nancy Reagan
Karen Tumulty describes how the made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan is more than a love story—it’s the partnership that made him President.
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The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix their Democracy, 1865–1915
In "The Age of Acrimony," Jon Grinspan charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America’s unruly politics.
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The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
In "The Ledger and the Chain," historian Joshua D. Rothman recounts the forgotten story of America’s internal slave trade—and its role in the making of America.
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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.
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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.
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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.