GOMORRAH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY INTO THE VIOLENT INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE OF NAPLES' ORGANIZED CRIME SYSTEM
The basis of the Sundance TV series Gomorrah A New York Times Notable Book of the YearGomorrah is a bold and important work of investigative writing...
BARRACOON: THE STORY OF THE LAST SLAVE
New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 - NPR's Book Concierge Best...
ZEROZEROZERO: LOOK AT COCAINE AND ALL YOU SEE IS POWDER. LOOK THROUGH COCAINE AND YOU SEE THE WORLD.
An electrifying, internationally bestselling investigation of the global cocaine trade now a series on Prime Video starring Andrea Riseborough, Dane...
History
SAY ANARCHA: A YOUNG WOMAN, A DEVIOUS SURGEON, AND THE HARROWING BIRTH OF MODERN WOMEN'S HEALTH
Written by Hallman, J C
A compelling reckoning with the birth of women's health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it--until now For more than a century, Dr. J.
REVOLUTIONARY SPRING: EUROPE AFLAME AND THE FIGHT FOR A NEW WORLD, 1848-1849
Written by Clark, Christopher
From the bestselling author of The Sleepwalkers comes an epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe, and the charismatic figures who propelled them forward, with deep resonance and frightening parallels to today. As history, the uprisings of 1848 have long been overshadowed by the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian revolutions of the early twentieth century.
PIRATE'S WIFE: THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF SARAH KIDD
Written by Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer
The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Captain Kidd, charting her transformation from New York socialite to international outlaw during the Golden Age of Piracy Captain Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to ever prowl the seas.
POPE AT WAR: THE SECRET HISTORY OF PIUS XII, MUSSOLINI, AND HITLER
Written by Kertzer, David I
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church and its conduct during World War II."--Daniel Silva "Kertzer brings all of his usual detective and narrative skills to [The Pope at War] . . .
WHEN CRACK WAS KING: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF A MISUNDERSTOOD ERA
Written by Ramsey, Donovan X
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X.
GALLOP TOWARD THE SUN: TECUMSEH AND WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON'S STRUGGLE FOR THE DESTINY OF A NATION
Written by Stark, Peter
A vivid account of the rivalry between future president William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee chief Tecumseh--and of the Native American alliance that fought westward expansion--from the New York Times bestselling author of Astoria The conquest of Indigenous land in the eastern United States through corrupt treaties and genocidal violence laid the groundwork for the conqu
TERRIBLY SERIOUS ADVENTURE: PHILOSOPHY AND WAR AT OXFORD, 1900-1960
Written by Krishnan, Nikhil
A lively, immersive account of the colorful and brilliant philosophers who roamed the halls of mid-twentieth-century Oxford and taught the world the importance of language "This is Oxford philosophy in the round.
272: THE FAMILIES WHO WERE ENSLAVED AND SOLD TO BUILD THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Written by Swarns, Rachel L
"An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society."--Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priest
ROAD TO SURRENDER: THREE MEN AND THE COUNTDOWN TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Thomas, Evan
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history--with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike's Bluff and Sea of Thunder. At 9:20 a.m.
QUEER FOOTPRINTS: A GUIDE TO UNCOVERING LONDON'S FIERCE HISTORY
Written by Glass, Dan
This groundbreaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's queerstory. Follow in the footprints of veteran activists, such as those who marched in London's first Pride parade in 1972 or witnessed the 1999 bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho.
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