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September 08, 2022

A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins
A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

A new biography touting the merits of Grover Cleveland.

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September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Biography/Memoir, History
A Man of Iron, Grover Cleveland, Troy Senik, politics, US presidents, US presidential biography, biography, Micah Cummins
August 26, 2022

In Hitler's Munich by Michael Brenner

August 26, 2022/ James Holder
In Hitler's Munich by Michael Brenner

A new study of the harrowing rise of the Nazis in the cultured city of Munich.

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August 26, 2022/ James Holder/
History, Nonfiction Translations
In Hitler's Munich, The Rise of Nazism, Michael Brenner, Jeremiah Riemer, Nazi history, Munich, James Holder, translations
August 10, 2022

After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport

August 10, 2022/ Micah Cummins
After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport

A captivating look at the Russians who fled from war and revolution.

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August 10, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
History
Romanovs, Russian history, Micah Cummins, Helen Rappaport
July 25, 2022

The Wine-Dark Sea Within by Dhun Sethna

July 25, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Wine-Dark Sea Within by Dhun Sethna

A new history of humans gradually understanding how blood works.

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July 25, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, History
The Wine-Dark Sea Within, blood, history, medical history, Dhun Sethna, Steve Donoghue
July 21, 2022

Unsettled Land by Sam Haynes

July 21, 2022/ James Holder
Unsettled Land by Sam Haynes

An iconoclastic new history of Texas.

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July 21, 2022/ James Holder/
History
James Holder, Texas history, Sam W. Haynes, Mexican American War
July 11, 2022

Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy

July 11, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy

A sober but harrowing history of major nuclear disasters.

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July 11, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Atoms and Ashes, Serhii Plokhy, nuclear reactors, nuclear disasters, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Steve Donoghue
July 02, 2022

The Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

July 02, 2022/ James Holder
The Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

A new history of the ancient Persians.

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July 02, 2022/ James Holder/
History
The Persians, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, ancient history, history, the Persian Empire, Darius, James Holder
June 30, 2022

Feeding Washington's Army by Ricardo Herrera

June 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Feeding Washington's Army by Ricardo Herrera

The story of how Washington fed his troops during the infamous winter at Valley Forge.

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June 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778, Ricardo Herrera, the Grand Forage, Nathanael Greene, George Washington, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Valley Forge, Steve Donoghue
May 13, 2022

The Man Who Understood Democracy by Olivier Zunz

May 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Man Who Understood Democracy by Olivier Zunz

A new biography of the author of “Democracy in America”.

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May 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Politics & Economics
The Man Who Understood Democracy, Alexis De Tocqueville, American history, French History, Biography, Steve Donoghue
May 11, 2022

Nazi Billionaires by David De Jong

May 11, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Nazi Billionaires by David De Jong

A journalist divulges the Nazi past of many world-renowned Germany financial empires.

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May 11, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Nazi Billionaires, World War II, Nazi Germany, finance, David De Jong, Porsche, history, Steve Donoghue
April 30, 2022

M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati

April 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati

The bestselling Italian novel about Benito Mussolini gets a sterling English-language translation.

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April 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Nonfiction Translations
M: Son of the Century, Antonio Scurati, Anne Milano Appel, fiction, historical fiction, literature in translation, Mussolini, Steve Donoghue
February 13, 2022

We the Presidents by Ronald Gruner

February 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
We the Presidents by Ronald Gruner

A new book looks at the presidential stories of the 20th & 21st centuries.

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February 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
We the Presidents, Ronald Gruner, US presidents, American History, Steve Donoghue
December 22, 2021

Living Like a Tudor by Amy Licence

December 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Living Like a Tudor by Amy Licence

What did the Tudors see, taste, hear, and smell, and what did they think of it all?

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December 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Living Like a Tudor, Amy Licence, Tudor history, English history, history, Steve Donoghue
November 28, 2021

Benedict XVI (Volume II) by Peter Seewald

November 28, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Benedict XVI (Volume II) by Peter Seewald

Peter Seewald’s magnificent two-volume life of Pope Benedict concludes.

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November 28, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, History, Religion
Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, Peter Seewald, Papal history, Roman Catholic Church, Steve Donoghue
November 17, 2021

The Rule of Laws by Fernanda Pirie

November 17, 2021/ Carolina Siqueira
The Rule of Laws by Fernanda Pirie

Pirie examines how and why law was created - or not created - with the broadness and objectivity of an anthropologist.

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November 17, 2021/ Carolina Siqueira/
History
The Rule of Laws, Fernanda Pirie, legal history, human history, Carolina Siqueira
October 23, 2021

The Ottomans by Marc David Baer

October 23, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
The Ottomans by Marc David Baer

The Ottoman Empire gets a lively new assumption-challenging history.

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October 23, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
History
The Ottomans, Marc David Baer, Ottoman history, history, Steve Donoghue
October 22, 2021

Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood

October 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood

The postwar history of great English country houses, with plenty of twists and turns.

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October 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Adrian Tinniswood, Noble Ambitions, English country house, English history, Steve Donoghue
July 09, 2021

Winning Independence by John Ferling

July 09, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Winning Independence by John Ferling

A veteran historian re-assesses the final years of the American Revolution.

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July 09, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Winning Independence, American Revolutoin, American Revolution, John Ferling, American History, Steve Donoghue
June 20, 2021

The Indispensables by Patrick O'Donnell

June 20, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
The Indispensables by Patrick O'Donnell

A new book looks at the crucial roles played in the American Revolution by the mariners of Marblehead.

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June 20, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
History
The Indispensables, Patrick O'Donnell, Marblehead, American Revolution, American history, history, Steve Donoghue
June 14, 2021

Everything Now by Rosecrans Baldwin

June 14, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Everything Now by Rosecrans Baldwin

Rosecrans Baldwin writes a passionate, impressionistic profile of the strangest city in the US.

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June 14, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Society & Culture, History
Everything Now, Los Angeles, Rosecrans Baldwin, travel, American cities, Steve Donoghue
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