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Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents
By Nigel Hamilton
This outstanding double biography brings the dueling leaders vividly to life.
Born with a Tail: The Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan
By Doug Brod
Did the diabolical huckster actually buy what he was selling?
Dr. Calhoun’s Mousery: The Strange Tale of a Celebrated Scientist, a Rodent Dystopia, and the Future of Humanity
By Lee Alan Dugatkin
What did a popular researcher’s mice have to do with us?
Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition
By Gioia Diliberto
Think we’re polarized now? You should’ve seen the temperance era…
Collision of Power
By Martin Baron
The paper’s former top editor offers a no-nonsense appraisal of his tenure.
Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
By Gail Crowther
There was no glamour and little glitz in the famed humorist’s Tinseltown years.
Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast
By Neesha Powell-Ingabire
A queer Black writer untangles her culture’s complex threads.
John Lewis: A Life
By David Greenberg
A towering figure is given the stellar biography he deserves.
