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Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
Jennifer Vanderbes - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors. In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular... |
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On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
Elise Loehnen - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered "good," revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete... |
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster
John O'Connor - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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"A winning portrait of America at its weirdest." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED ReviewFrom the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, one man searches high and low for the answer to the question: real or not, why do we want to believe?Bigfoot... |
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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
Benjamin E. Park - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called burned-over district of western... |
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Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
Patti Davis - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the power of redemption in this poetic letter to her long-gone parents.Written with dignity and grace in the form of a letter to her parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Dear Mom and Dad is that surprisingly... |
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Katie Gee Salisbury - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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"Enlightening, nuanced, and honest." - Lisa See. Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim... |
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Alexandria: The City that Changed the World
Islam Issa - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day.. Islam Issa's father had always told him about their city's magnificence, and as he looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally hit home. This is no ordinary... |
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
Antonia Hylton - Legacy Lit
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller Amazon Editor's Pick for Best Books of January. In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation's last segregated asylums, that the New York Times described as "fascinating... |
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