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Redwood

The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy

by Ben Macintyre ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Spy and the Traitor comes the ultimate true-life Cold War thriller: a “page-turning masterpiece” (The Guardian) about a Russian double agent with a desperate secret—and the key to stopping a nuclear apocalypse.“Ben Macintyre has a rare ability to turn history and espionage upside down and give us true, colorful stories that astound us as they draw ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Spy and the Traitor comes the ultimate true-life Cold War thriller: a “page-turning masterpiece” (The Guardian) about a Russian double agent with a desperate secret—and the key to stopping a nuclear apocalypse.“Ben Macintyre has a rare ability to turn history and espionage upside down and give us true, colorful stories that astound us as they draw
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King Leopold's Ghost

A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

by Adam Hochschild ...

The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." — Christian Science Monitor“As Hochschild’s brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.” — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New Y... ... Read more

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The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." — Christian Science Monitor“As Hochschild’s brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.” — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New Y...
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The Day the World Came to Town

9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

by Jim DeFede ...

**A New York Times bestseller**The true story behind the events on 9/11 that inspired Broadway’s smash hit musical Come from Away, featuring all new material from the authorWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from ... Read more

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**A New York Times bestseller**The true story behind the events on 9/11 that inspired Broadway’s smash hit musical Come from Away, featuring all new material from the authorWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from
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A Flower Traveled in My Blood

The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children

by Haley Cohen Gilliland ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 • THE WASHINGTON POST’S 5 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2025 • THE ATLANTIC’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025“[An] astonishing story…Powerful…Harrowing…Absorbing and lucid…You would have... ... Read more

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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 • THE WASHINGTON POST’S 5 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2025 • THE ATLANTIC’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025“[An] astonishing story…Powerful…Harrowing…Absorbing and lucid…You would have...
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The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

by Ben Macintyre ...

The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union.If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of ... Read more

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The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union.If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of
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Fascism: A Warning

by Madeleine Albright ...

#1 New York Times Bestseller“Albright outlines the warning signs of fascism and offers concrete actions for restoring America’s values and reputation. There is priceless wisdom on every page.” —Booklist (starred review)“Fascism [is] the work of a woman who knows authoritarianism when she sees it. And she sees the seeds of it not only in a slew of leaders hell bent on subverting democratic norms ... Read more

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#1 New York Times Bestseller“Albright outlines the warning signs of fascism and offers concrete actions for restoring America’s values and reputation. There is priceless wisdom on every page.” —Booklist (starred review)“Fascism [is] the work of a woman who knows authoritarianism when she sees it. And she sees the seeds of it not only in a slew of leaders hell bent on subverting democratic norms
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The Europeans

Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

by Orlando Figes ...

"An extraordinary account of the development of a continental cultured class told through three remarkable figures of the late 19th century." — Financial Times"A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the nineteenth century—and so much more." —Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldThe nineteenth century in Eur... ... Read more

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"An extraordinary account of the development of a continental cultured class told through three remarkable figures of the late 19th century." — Financial Times"A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the nineteenth century—and so much more." —Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldThe nineteenth century in Eur...
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A New World Begins

The History of the French Revolution

by Jeremy Popkin ...

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world.** “A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition.” —**Wall Street JournalThe French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning ... Read more

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From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world.** “A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition.” —**Wall Street JournalThe French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning
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Courage and Grit

The Legacy of Canada's Bomb Girls

by Barbara Dickson ...

Explore the lives of intrepid Canadians who served on the home front during the Second World War.On September 10, 1939, Canada declared war on Nazi Germany. From that moment, hundreds of thousands of war workers — predominantly women — forged a new culture within the nation’s labour, home, and political environs.Courage and Grit features dozens of amazing stories about these women — from farmers’ ... Read more

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Explore the lives of intrepid Canadians who served on the home front during the Second World War.On September 10, 1939, Canada declared war on Nazi Germany. From that moment, hundreds of thousands of war workers — predominantly women — forged a new culture within the nation’s labour, home, and political environs.Courage and Grit features dozens of amazing stories about these women — from farmers’
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True North

On the Road in Canada

by Paul Theroux ...

A Toronto Star bestsellerAcclaimed, bestselling author and "“master of modern travel writing” (Wall Street Journal) Paul Theroux turns his gaze to Canada in a sweeping, personal journey.For more than half a century, Paul Theroux has traveled the globe and chronicled its far corners with curiosity, wit, and an unflinching eye. With True North, his twelfth travel book, he turns that eye to a country ... Read more

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A Toronto Star bestsellerAcclaimed, bestselling author and "“master of modern travel writing” (Wall Street Journal) Paul Theroux turns his gaze to Canada in a sweeping, personal journey.For more than half a century, Paul Theroux has traveled the globe and chronicled its far corners with curiosity, wit, and an unflinching eye. With True North, his twelfth travel book, he turns that eye to a country
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Land Power

Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies

by Michael Albertus ...

**An award-winning political scientist shows that a society’s path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land“Fascinating...a must read.” —Thomas Piketty, New York Times–bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyA New Yorker Best Book of the Year**For millennia, land has been a symbol of wealth and privilege. But the true power of land ownership is even ... Read more

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**An award-winning political scientist shows that a society’s path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land“Fascinating...a must read.” —Thomas Piketty, New York Times–bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyA New Yorker Best Book of the Year**For millennia, land has been a symbol of wealth and privilege. But the true power of land ownership is even
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The Habsburgs

To Rule the World

by Martyn Rady ...

The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy ... Read more

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The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this seminal text on atheism and the contentious debate over science and religion, renowned scientist Richard Dawkins examines the irrationality of believing in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society.From the sex-obsessed tyrant in the Old Testament to the more benign Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this seminal text on atheism and the contentious debate over science and religion, renowned scientist Richard Dawkins examines the irrationality of believing in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society.From the sex-obsessed tyrant in the Old Testament to the more benign Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment
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Vertigo

The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

by Harald Jähner ...

The dramatic and consequential history of Germany’s short-lived experiment with democracy between the world wars, when vibrant cultural experimentation collided with political and economic turmoilOut of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launched an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic, named for the city where it was established, endured for ... Read more

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The dramatic and consequential history of Germany’s short-lived experiment with democracy between the world wars, when vibrant cultural experimentation collided with political and economic turmoilOut of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launched an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic, named for the city where it was established, endured for
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul

A People's History of Afghanistan

by Lyse Doucet ...

**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, ... Read more

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**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on,
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Wallis in Love

The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

by Andrew Morton ...

For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne."You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance." -- Wallis SimpsonBefore she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis ... Read more

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For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne."You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance." -- Wallis SimpsonBefore she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis
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Directorate S

The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

by Steve Coll ...

**Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book Award for NonfictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11**Prior to 9/11, the United States had ... Read more

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**Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book Award for NonfictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11**Prior to 9/11, the United States had
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Erasing History

How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

by Jason Stanley ...

From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a global call to action that tells us “why the past is a frontline in the struggle for a future free of fascism” (Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author) as it reveals the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a century of progress on race, gender, sexuality, and class.In the United States, democracy is under attack by an ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a global call to action that tells us “why the past is a frontline in the struggle for a future free of fascism” (Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author) as it reveals the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a century of progress on race, gender, sexuality, and class.In the United States, democracy is under attack by an
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The Human Tide

How Population Shaped the Modern World

by Paul Morland ...

A dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empiresThe rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without ... Read more

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A dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empiresThe rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without
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Brave Men

by Ernie Pyle ...

**The classic, human-scale account of the soldiers who fought in World War II, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle—America’s most famous and most loved war correspondent—featuring a new introduction by David Chrisinger, the author of the new Ernie Pyle biography, The Soldier's TruthA Penguin Classic**When America entered World War II, Ernie Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches. Long before ... Read more

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**The classic, human-scale account of the soldiers who fought in World War II, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle—America’s most famous and most loved war correspondent—featuring a new introduction by David Chrisinger, the author of the new Ernie Pyle biography, The Soldier's TruthA Penguin Classic**When America entered World War II, Ernie Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches. Long before
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The Eastern Front

A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

by Nick Lloyd ...

Series Book 2 - The Great War Trilogy
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Economist Best Book of the Year“[A] superb history…so much has been forgotten, including the course of the war in the east across multiple theaters of operation and the strategies pursued by both sides. It is all this and more that Mr. Lloyd has resurrected in compelling detail.” —Economist“Harrowing.… [E]xcellent.… [A] masterly study.” —William Anthony Hay, Wall ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Economist Best Book of the Year“[A] superb history…so much has been forgotten, including the course of the war in the east across multiple theaters of operation and the strategies pursued by both sides. It is all this and more that Mr. Lloyd has resurrected in compelling detail.” —Economist“Harrowing.… [E]xcellent.… [A] masterly study.” —William Anthony Hay, Wall
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Assault on Juno

by Mark Zuehlke ...

Series series Rapid Reads
Dawn, June 6, 1944. Off the Normandy coast 6,500 ships carry 150,000 Allied troops. This is D-Day, the long-awaited Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe. The Allies will storm five beaches. One is code-named Juno Beach. Here, 14,500 Canadians will land on a five-mile stretch of sand backed by three resort towns. The beach is heavily protected by a seawall, barbed wire, underwater obstacles ... Read more

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Dawn, June 6, 1944. Off the Normandy coast 6,500 ships carry 150,000 Allied troops. This is D-Day, the long-awaited Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe. The Allies will storm five beaches. One is code-named Juno Beach. Here, 14,500 Canadians will land on a five-mile stretch of sand backed by three resort towns. The beach is heavily protected by a seawall, barbed wire, underwater obstacles
... Read more
Hunting Eichmann

How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi

by Neal Bascomb ...

The first complete narrative of the pursuit & capture of SS Nazi officer and Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann, by a New York Times–bestselling author.When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann shed his SS uniform and vanished. Following his escape from two American POW camps, his retreat into the mountains and out of Europe, and his path to an anonymous ... Read more

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The first complete narrative of the pursuit & capture of SS Nazi officer and Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann, by a New York Times–bestselling author.When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann shed his SS uniform and vanished. Following his escape from two American POW camps, his retreat into the mountains and out of Europe, and his path to an anonymous
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WINSTON CHURCHILL Ultimate Collection: Historical Books, Essays, Speeches & Letters (Illustrated)

A Treasury of British History and Political Insight

by Winston Churchill ...

In the meticulously compiled "WINSTON CHURCHILL Ultimate Collection: Historical Books, Essays, Speeches & Letters (Illustrated)," readers are presented with a profound tapestry of Churchill's thoughts, philosophies, and historical insights. This extensive anthology encapsulates Churchill's literary prowess, marked by eloquent prose and impassioned rhetoric that shaped public sentiment during ... Read more

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In the meticulously compiled "WINSTON CHURCHILL Ultimate Collection: Historical Books, Essays, Speeches & Letters (Illustrated)," readers are presented with a profound tapestry of Churchill's thoughts, philosophies, and historical insights. This extensive anthology encapsulates Churchill's literary prowess, marked by eloquent prose and impassioned rhetoric that shaped public sentiment during
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