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Acclaimed as one of the year's 10 best books by the Washington Post - 12 essential nonfiction books by the New Yorker - 100 notable books by the New York Times - best books by the Economist, F

"Essential reading for understanding not just Chinese American history but American history-and the American present." -Celeste Ng, #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere * TIME

A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights

Longlisted for the National Book Award - A "vivid and frank" (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose liv

The inaugural title from Alchemy by Knopf Canada: a searing account by an exquisite writer who came to Canada as a baby, escaping war in Cambodia.

A moving true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II - from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and author of the New York Ti

The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror.

A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply. Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute.

Immersive and gripping, an intimate story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a tangle of lives, loves, enmities, and histories over the course of one revealing, heartbreaking day.

A leading public intellectual's timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other. What does it mean to be a Jew?

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Investigation, In Light of All Darkness embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories o

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" ( The New York Times Book Review ) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unf

Named a Top 100 Must-Read Book of the Year by Time and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker. Winner of the 2024 Writers' Prize for Nonfiction.

Narrated by Doris Kearns Goodwin with the star of Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston! The audio edition also includes archival recordings of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy.

On May 14, 1948, the British Mandate officially expired. That same day, the Jewish National Council issued the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel.