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Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History
By Anthony E. Kaye with Gregory P. Downs
This bold account of the infamous rebel leaves many questions unanswered.
How controversial south-of-the-border clinics approach addiction.
Shipwrecked
By Jonathan W. White
An ambitious, bloated tale of 19th-century derring-do.
Most Honorable Son: A Forgotten Hero’s Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II
By Gregg Jones
Meet a Nisei airman who battled enemies abroad and bigotry at home.
A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles — and America
By James Tejani
A dense, absorbing account of how a pivotal harbor came to be.
Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age
By Todd Balf
Long before Ledecky, a trio of swimmers made a splash in Paris.
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
By Anne Applebaum
The planet’s despots are starting to organize.
The Summer of 1876
By Chris Wimmer
A fascinating rundown of the frontier’s famed good and bad guys (and girls).
