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The Demon of Unrest

A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an
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1929

Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.”—The Wall Street JournalA New York Times Notable Book of 2025 • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Katie Couric Media, and HistoryFrom the bestselling author of Too Bi... ... Read more

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.”—The Wall Street JournalA New York Times Notable Book of 2025 • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Katie Couric Media, and HistoryFrom the bestselling author of Too Bi...
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102 Minutes

The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

by Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn ...

The New York Times Bestseller2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction"102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling."—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at DawnHailed upon publication as an instant classic, the critically accl... ... Read more

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The New York Times Bestseller2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction"102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling."—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at DawnHailed upon publication as an instant classic, the critically accl...
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Columbine

by Dave Cullen ...

Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror ..."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders. ... Read more

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Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror ..."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders.
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The Abortion Trial of Dr. Emily Stowe

Lifting as We Climb, #3

by Ruth Tait ...

Series Book 3 - Lifting as We Climb
In 1879, in colonial Toronto, an educated female physician was put on trial for daring to practice medicine in a country that did not allow women doctors. This short graphic novel chronicles an incident when a young servant woman, Sarah Lovell, was found dead three months after visiting Dr. Emily Stowe's office. That death set in motion a Coroner's inquest and a criminal trial that put Stowe's ... Read more

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In 1879, in colonial Toronto, an educated female physician was put on trial for daring to practice medicine in a country that did not allow women doctors. This short graphic novel chronicles an incident when a young servant woman, Sarah Lovell, was found dead three months after visiting Dr. Emily Stowe's office. That death set in motion a Coroner's inquest and a criminal trial that put Stowe's
... Read more
Trail of the Lost

The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

by Andrea Lankford ...

From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies.As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful ... Read more

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From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies.As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful
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Poisoner in Chief

Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

by Stephen Kinzer ...

The bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the agency’s “poisoner in chief.” As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at ... Read more

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The bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the agency’s “poisoner in chief.” As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at
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Beyond the Trees

A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic

by Adam Shoalts ...

**National bestsellerA thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greatest living explorer."**In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a ... Read more

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**National bestsellerA thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greatest living explorer."**In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a
... Read more
Killing Maradona

How cocaine, the Camorra, cartels and crime corrupted football's greatest talent

by David Arrowsmith ...

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend.Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of criminal influence and personal demons. From ... Read more

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Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend.Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of criminal influence and personal demons. From
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Behold, America

The Entangled History of "America First" and "the American Dream"

by Sarah Churchwell ...

**A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands for**In Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of twentieth-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases -- the "American dream" and "America First" -- that once embodied opposing visions for ... Read more

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**A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands for**In Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of twentieth-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases -- the "American dream" and "America First" -- that once embodied opposing visions for
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American Scoundrel

Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

by Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark ...

**“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheimer, a ... Read more

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**“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheimer, a
... Read more
Killing the Witches

The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard ...

Series series Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
The Instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller!Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. ... Read more

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The Instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller!Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women.
... Read more
Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say NothingThe Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest ... Read more

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A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say NothingThe Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest
... Read more
The Ride of Her Life

The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America

by Elizabeth Letts ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion presents a “heartwarming [and] engaging folk-hero biography” (Kirkus Reviews) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across America.“[Letts] vividly portrays an audacious woman whose optimism, courage, and good humor are to be marveled ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion presents a “heartwarming [and] engaging folk-hero biography” (Kirkus Reviews) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across America.“[Letts] vividly portrays an audacious woman whose optimism, courage, and good humor are to be marveled
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Bufalino

Revelations of a Mafia Family, the Teamsters, and the Final Resting Place of Jimmy Hoffa

by Charles Bufalino ...

Written by the legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino’s cousin, this gripping insider’s account is an epic tell-all of the Pennsylvania Mafia family's origins, both personal and criminal, from its coal-mining Black Hand days in Pittston, to their national rise and control of the Teamsters Union, while also offering convincing clues as to what became of Jimmy Hoffa.Russell Bufalino was considered ... Read more

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Written by the legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino’s cousin, this gripping insider’s account is an epic tell-all of the Pennsylvania Mafia family's origins, both personal and criminal, from its coal-mining Black Hand days in Pittston, to their national rise and control of the Teamsters Union, while also offering convincing clues as to what became of Jimmy Hoffa.Russell Bufalino was considered
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The Feminine Mystique (50th Anniversary Edition)

by Betty Friedan, Anna Quindlen ...

A 50th-anniversary edition of the trailblazing book that changed women’s lives, with a new introduction by Gail Collins.Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that ... Read more

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A 50th-anniversary edition of the trailblazing book that changed women’s lives, with a new introduction by Gail Collins.Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that
... Read more
The Lost City of the Monkey God

A True Story

by Douglas Preston ...

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic**.**An acclaimed journalist takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilizatio... ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic**.**An acclaimed journalist takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilizatio...
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The Jakarta Method

Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

by Vincent Bevins ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the worldIn 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians—eliminating the ... Read more

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the worldIn 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians—eliminating the
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The River of Doubt

Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

by Candice Millard ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait—the bestselling author of River of the Gods brings us the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.“A rich, dramatic tale that ranges from the personal to the literally earth-shaking.” —The New York TimesThe River of Doubt—it is a ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait—the bestselling author of River of the Gods brings us the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.“A rich, dramatic tale that ranges from the personal to the literally earth-shaking.” —The New York TimesThe River of Doubt—it is a
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Pierre Berton's War of 1812

by Pierre Berton ...

To commemorate the bi-centenary of the War of 1812, Anchor Canada brings together Pierre Berton's two groundbreaking books on the subject. The Invasion of Canada is a remarkable account of the war's first year and the events that led up to it; Pierre Berton transforms history into an engrossing narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel. Drawing on personal memoirs and diaries as well as ... Read more

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To commemorate the bi-centenary of the War of 1812, Anchor Canada brings together Pierre Berton's two groundbreaking books on the subject. The Invasion of Canada is a remarkable account of the war's first year and the events that led up to it; Pierre Berton transforms history into an engrossing narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel. Drawing on personal memoirs and diaries as well as
... Read more
Naming Names

by Victor S. Navasky ...

Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC from a longtime editor of The Nation and former Chair of the Columbia Journalism Review .Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee—including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and A... ... Read more

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Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC from a longtime editor of The Nation and former Chair of the Columbia Journalism Review .Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee—including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and A...
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A Killer by Design

Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind

by Ann Wolbert Burgess ...

Written by the forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI profiles and catches serial killers, this thought-provoking book takes an intimate look at the creation of the Behavioral Science Unit–the inspiration for Hulu’s Mastermind documentary.In the 1970s, the FBI created the "Mindhunters" (better known as the Behavioral Science Unit) to track down the country's most dangerous criminals. In A ... Read more

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Written by the forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI profiles and catches serial killers, this thought-provoking book takes an intimate look at the creation of the Behavioral Science Unit–the inspiration for Hulu’s Mastermind documentary.In the 1970s, the FBI created the "Mindhunters" (better known as the Behavioral Science Unit) to track down the country's most dangerous criminals. In A
... Read more
2024 : L’Amérique voit rouge

by Rafael Jacob ...

Lorsque Donald Trump a quitté la Maison-Blanche en janvier 2021, il a laissé derrière lui un pays miné par des crises sanitaire, économique, sociale et démocratique. Un pays divisé et essoufflé qui cherchait par-dessus tout un retour à la normalité et à la stabilité. Puis le 5 novembre 2024, après la campagne la plus dramatique, la plus imprévisible et la plus suivie de l’histoire moderne, les ... Read more

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Lorsque Donald Trump a quitté la Maison-Blanche en janvier 2021, il a laissé derrière lui un pays miné par des crises sanitaire, économique, sociale et démocratique. Un pays divisé et essoufflé qui cherchait par-dessus tout un retour à la normalité et à la stabilité. Puis le 5 novembre 2024, après la campagne la plus dramatique, la plus imprévisible et la plus suivie de l’histoire moderne, les
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Les Filles de Caleb - Tome 3

L'abandon de la mésange

by Arlette Cousture ...

Series Book 3 - Les Filles de Caleb
Le dernier volet de la trilogie Les Filles de Caleb nous transporte à l'hiver 1958, alors que Blanche franchit le cap de la cinquantaine, entourée de ses deux filles, Élise et Micheline. Avec elles, nous traversons les trépidantes années soixante, puis les turbulentes années soixante-dix, pour suivre leur destinée jusqu'en 1992. Si la « mésange » qu'est Élise vit à Montréal avec sa mère et sa sœur ... Read more

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Le dernier volet de la trilogie Les Filles de Caleb nous transporte à l'hiver 1958, alors que Blanche franchit le cap de la cinquantaine, entourée de ses deux filles, Élise et Micheline. Avec elles, nous traversons les trépidantes années soixante, puis les turbulentes années soixante-dix, pour suivre leur destinée jusqu'en 1992. Si la « mésange » qu'est Élise vit à Montréal avec sa mère et sa sœur
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