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Clement Knox’s Seduction provides an alluring and breathtaking history of enticement in the modern age.

Clement Knox’s Seduction provides an alluring and breathtaking history of enticement in the modern age.

In this eye-opener of a read, Craig Fehrman resurrects many presidential publications and tells how these writings helped secure the U.S. presidents’ legacies.

In this eye-opener of a read, Craig Fehrman resurrects many presidential publications and tells how these writings helped secure the U.S. presidents’ legacies.

Master of popular history Erik Larson tells the engrossing story of Churchill’s first year as prime minister in The Splendid and the Vile.

Master of popular history Erik Larson tells the engrossing story of Churchill’s first year as prime minister in The Splendid and the Vile.

The women behind Disney’s most famous animated features finally get their due in this well-researched book.

The women behind Disney’s most famous animated features finally get their due in this well-researched book.

We all know Rosa Parks as the woman who resisted yielding her seat to a white man on the bus, but there’s so much more to this titan of American history.

We all know Rosa Parks as the woman who resisted yielding her seat to a white man on the bus, but there’s so much more to this titan of American history.

If you’re looking to educate yourself on this complicated subject, look no further than The Affirmative Action Puzzle.

If you’re looking to educate yourself on this complicated subject, look no further than The Affirmative Action Puzzle.

This important book shows us that without the “long year” of 1774, there may not have been an American Revolution at all.

This important book shows us that without the “long year” of 1774, there may not have been an American Revolution at all.

A captain and his team of eight officers from the Women’s Royal Naval Service devised a game that arguably changed the course of World War II.

A captain and his team of eight officers from the Women’s Royal Naval Service devised a game that arguably changed the course of World War II.

“What happened to us?” This question haunts the Middle East and the Arab world. It’s also the question posed by Kim Ghattas in her illuminating new book.

“What happened to us?” This question haunts the Middle East and the Arab world. It’s also the question posed by Kim Ghattas in her illuminating new book.

Like most civil rights, vehicular freedom was a cultural battle that took several extra decades to be actualized for African Americans.

Like most civil rights, vehicular freedom was a cultural battle that took several extra decades to be actualized for African Americans.

How do black athletes represent a country that hates them, during the 1936 Berlin Olympics? Olympic Pride, American Prejudice tackles this complicated question.

How do black athletes represent a country that hates them, during the 1936 Berlin Olympics? Olympic Pride, American Prejudice tackles this complicated question.

Imperfect Union has all the things we like in an American tale: frontier adventure, fame and a conflict that’s cast as tragic and romantic.

Imperfect Union has all the things we like in an American tale: frontier adventure, fame and a conflict that’s cast as tragic and romantic.

Wilmington’s Lie explores in gripping detail the efforts of white supremacists to overturn black political and social power in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Wilmington’s Lie explores in gripping detail the efforts of white supremacists to overturn black political and social power in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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