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The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native American Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands

Bill Vaughn - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The first narrative history revealing the entire story of the development, operation, and harmful legacy of the Native American boarding schools - and how our nation still has much to resolve before we can fully heal.. When Europeans came to the Americas centuries ago, too many of them...
 
 
Endurance: The Discovery of Shackleton's Legendary Ship

John Shears - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

This is the amazing story in words and images of the historic discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, deep beneath the ice of Antarctica.. In March 2022, an international polar expedition team made an astonishing find: the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's legendary...
 
 
The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding

William Hogeland - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

"William Hogeland is the best guide I have found to understanding how we today are, for good and evil, children of Alexander." -- J. Bradford DeLong, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Slouching Towards UtopiaHow Alexander Hamilton...
 
 
A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II

Shannon Monaghan - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of four special operations officers who fought together behind enemy lines across multiple theaters of World War II, and then continued to serve, officially and unofficially, for decades after in the hottest parts of the Cold War. There have always been special warriors;...
 
 
Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac

Mark Blake - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac - the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures - Dreams evokes the band's entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story.. Fleetwood Mac has had a ground-breaking...
 
 
Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

Christopher Cox - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women's voting rights.. More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses...
 
 
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

Dan Jones - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest medieval king.. In 1413, when Henry V ascended to the English throne, his kingdom was hopelessly torn apart by political faction and partisanship....
 
 
Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

Hillary Rodham Clinton - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.. She describes...
 
 
The Wagner Group: Inside Russia's Mercenary Army

Jack Margolin - Reaktion Books
Format: Hardcover

"At once deeply-researched and as readable as a thriller." - Mark Galeotti * "An important book about the world's most dangerous mercenary outfit. Margolin unearths new details that will surprise readers." - Sean McFate * "Margolin takes readers deep into...
 
 
The Army that Never Was: George S. Patton and the Deception of Operation Fortitude

Taylor Downing - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The full, dramatic story behind Operation Fortitude - the biggest subterfuge of World War II - and the plan to mislead the Germans into thinking that the invasion of Europe would come at Pas-de-Calais.. On May 29th, 1944, General George S. Patton gave a speech in the southeast of England...