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Manhattan Phoenix
By Daniel S. Levy
This problematic history portrays Gotham as hell in more ways than one.
Cleopatra’s Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
By Jane Draycott
How a once-overshadowed girl became an admired ruler.
Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History
By Benjamin Balint
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A gut-churning account of a visionary lost to the Holocaust.
Scoundrel
By Sarah Weinman
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A page-turning saga of true crime and false narratives.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By David Grann
A rollicking yarn with more swells and dips than the ocean itself.
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
By Sathnam Sanghera
A clear-eyed moral reckoning from across the Pond.
When the Smoke Cleared: The 1968 Rebellions and the Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights in the Nation’s Capital
By Kyla Sommers
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A detailed, challenging account of historic unrest in the District.
A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
By Peter Cozzens
An engrossing account of a little-remembered slaughter.