An introduction to and exposé of the forgotten figure who would be Darwin’s last great American opponent.

• History,
• Science,

The personalities, politics, and strategies of the Revolutionary War’s first pivotal battle.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,

The stories of the women behind the Manhattan Project in this book seem as effortless as if the author had lifted passages from their diaries.

• History,

In the lead up to Pearl Harbor, American isolationists and interventionists clash over the nation’s role in WWII.

• GBF13,
• History,

How mathematical errors at trial can shape the fate of the accused.

• History,

In this nonfiction account of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the resulting Earp legend, the author zooms in on a common-law wife’s perspective.

• History,

A deft weaving together of the massacre at Sand Creek and the struggle to reconcile and memorialize the tragedy.

• History,

A new biography of fearsome mobster, most wanted fugitive, and longtime FBI informer Whitey Bulger arrives just in time for his trial in 19 murders and other crimes.

• Biography & Memoir,
• History,