The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

A timely, urgent appeal to remember our shared values.

The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy

An intelligent, nuanced look at two men who helped define the 1960s.

Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot

A candid, kid-friendly history of the fight for women’s rights.

Washington’s Farewell

A timely account of our first president's most prescient paper.

Dinner in Camelot: The Night America’s Greatest Scientists, Writers, and Scholars Partied at the Kennedy White House

A detail-rich account of the evening the country's best and brightest dined with JFK.

The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

A ripping account of the epic battle for parity at the ballot box.

The Ambulance Drivers

By James McGrath Morris

The Ambulance Drivers

A superb examination of the bond that helped shape the modern literary movement in America.

War Against War

By Michael Kazin

War Against War

An astute account of the United States’ futile struggle to stay out of WWI.