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The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
By Daniel Schulman
An able, if incomplete, look at Manhattan’s long-ago financiers.
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By Mary Beard
It’s lonely (and occasionally perverted) at the top.
The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
By Elizabeth Rush
Antarctica’s ice is speaking. Are we listening?
My Life of Crime
By Tyler C. Gore
This wry collection is by turns witty and poignant.
American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother
By Deanne Stillman
Adding questionable conjecture to the saga of JFK’s assassin.
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
By Tracy K. Smith
A searing, soaring lament to our better angels.
American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860
By Edward L. Ayers
A broad, beneficent examination of the six decades before the Civil War.
Half American
By Matthew F. Delmont
Unheralded patriots finally get their due.
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