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Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre

Aaron Mahnke - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The new book based on the long-running hit podcast by Aaron Mahnke, which has translated into over 120-million downloads to date, and a monthly average of over 2 million listeners.The podcast, Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities, has delighted millions of listeners for years with...
 
 
A Day in September: The Battle of Antietam and the World It Left Behind

Stephen Budiansky - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A panoramic account of the fateful Civil War battle and its far-reaching consequences for American society and culture.The Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862, remains the single bloodiest day in America's history: more than 3,600 men died in twelve hours of savage...
 
 
The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus

James Crossley - Eerdmans
Format: Hardcover

A diverse group of scholars charts new paths in the quest for the historical Jesus.. After a decade of stagnation in the study of the historical Jesus, James Crossley and Chris Keith have assembled an international team of scholars to envision the quest anew. The contributors offer new perspectives...
 
 
How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

Inc National Public Radio - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music - from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton - featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.Turning...
 
 
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...
 
 
Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops

Tim Robey - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

A riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops and how they ended careers, bankrupted studios and changed film history.. "Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag ... ". From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous...
 
 
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...
 
 
Patriot: A Memoir

Alexei Navalny - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. . "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny's trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal...
 
 
The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party

Michael Tackett - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing an intimate look at the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history.. In the long history of American government, few senators have wielded as much power as Kentucky's Mitch McConnell....
 
 
Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation

Brenda Wineapple - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"Brenda Wineapple's wonderful account of the Scopes trial sheds light not only on the battles of the past but on the struggles of the present." - Jon Meacham In this magnificent book, award-winning author of The Impeachers brings to life the dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes...