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Uncivil War
By Huw Bennett
Reassessing a painfully fraught period in the midcentury U.K.
Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War
By Sheila Fitzpatrick
What became of the Russians who refused to return “home” after WWII?
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
By Pagan Kennedy
Why did trailblazer Marty Goddard get no credit for her own invention?
Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn’t, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies
By Michael Albertus
The hazards of laying claim to the ground beneath our feet.
An unsatisfying portrait of little-known WWII heroes.
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
By Eleanor Barraclough
The legendary pillagers led charmingly ordinary home lives.
November 1942
By Peter Englund; translated by Peter Graves
An extraordinary chronicle of ordinary people caught up in battle.
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
By Kate Winkler Dawson
What should’ve been a page-turner is more of a slog.
