History
Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law
Hardback
The Color of Law recounted how government at all levels created segregation. Just Action describes how we can begin to undo it
O Say Can You Hear: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Paperback
The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and a search for the source of its powerful meaning today
Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps
Hardback
A Polish musician, a Jewish conductor, a secret choir and the rescue of a trove of music from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Paperback
Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction
“Rebel historian” Kelly Lytle Hernández reframes our understanding of US history in this ground breaking narrative of revolution in the borderlands.
Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
Paperback
A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “definitive” (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly.