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Michael De Groot argues that the global economic upheaval of the 1970s was decisive in ending the Cold War. Both the West and the Soviet bloc struggled with the slowdown of economic growth; chaos in the international monetary system; inflation; shocks in the commodities markets; and the emergence of offshore financial markets.

This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerising, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day. In the days and months after 9/11, Mitchell Zuckoff, then a reporter for the Boston Globe, wrote about the attacks, the victims, and their families.

Welcome to Utah, where wagon ruts meet billion-dollar malls, and sacred prophecy collides with PR campaigns. This is not the version you got in seminary. From red rock petroglyphs and Spanish explorers to polygamist raids, forged scriptures, and ski resorts, Zion in the Desert tells the strange, scrappy, and often uncomfortable history of a state that was never just one thing. The book dives headfirst into the contradictions that shaped Utah: faith and resistance, empire and exodus, miracles and cover-ups.

Bold and impassioned, sharp and defiant, Leslie Marmon Silko's essays evoke the spirit and voice of Native Americans. Whether she is exploring the vital importance literature and language play in Native American heritage, illuminating the inseparability of the land and the Native American people, enlivening the ways and wisdom of the old-time people, or exploding in outrage over the government's long-standing, racist treatment of Native Americans, Silko does so with eloquence and power, born from her profound devotion to all that is Native American.

A forgotten campaign. A fabricated legend. A land that refuses to forget. The Torture Tree uncovers the true story of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Expedition—America’s largest military assault against Indigenous people—and the century of mythmaking that followed. In the summer of 1779, General George Washington ordered the “total destruction” of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) towns across New York. More than forty communities were burned. Thousands of acres of crops were destroyed. Families fled into a brutal winter that claimed countless lives.

In Experience Houston Space City, Culture, and Urban Discovery, listeners will explore a city shaped by NASA innovation, world-class museums, diverse international neighborhoods, legendary Texas food, historic districts, and a constantly evolving urban culture. From the excitement of Space Center Houston and downtown skylines to hidden local neighborhoods and Gulf Coast escapes, this guide goes beyond the stereotypes to uncover the true personality of Houston.

THE 'FOREMOST EGYPTOLOGIST OF HIS TIME', TOBY WILKINSON, UNVEILS THE HIDDEN LEGACY OF THE NUBIANS The Nubians created the largest African state ever to exist, stretching for more than 1500 miles, north to south. Nubian civilisation began before the pharaohs ruled in Egypt, and it was still there...

What if American democracy isn’t undergoing a political crisis but a racial reckoning? In The Price of Union, political scientist and civic leader Kelly Burton argues that our democratic crisis runs deeper than political divisions. It is—and has always been—ultimately a matter of race. From the beginning, American democracy and racial caste have existed in a codependent relationship, each shaping and sustaining the other.

Theodore Roosevelt’s Citizenship in a Republic—often remembered for its famous “Man in the Arena” passage—is a stirring call to courage, responsibility, and active participation in public life. Delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1910, Roosevelt challenges listeners to reject...

A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today. The border between the US and Mexico is the world’s longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of...

Through speeches, debates, and wartime leadership, Lincoln invoked the Declaration of Independence to end slavery, heal a fractured Union, and redefine the nation’s purpose. As we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration's immortal words, Joshua Claybourn reflects on their enduring power...

Revivez un conflit impérial épique et redécouvrez l'histoire militaire oubliée qui a forgé l'identité de l'Amérique. Que vous cherchiez une écoute captivante pour votre trajet quotidien ou souhaitiez enrichir vos connaissances, cette épopée vous transporte instantanément au cœur du...

This is the story of a political miracle—the perfect match of man and moment. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 as America touched bottom. Banks were closing everywhere. Millions of people lost everything. The Great Depression had caused a national breakdown. With the...

Introducing “a generational talent” (Ed Yong), Rahawa Haile’s In Open Country is a searing memoir of race, refuge, and reckoning along the Appalachian Trail...

Out of Difficulty: Hope Lives On is a work of narrative nonfiction that traces the connected journeys of two American families shaped by their founding patriarchs, George Simmons and Elijah Sharkey. Born into the antebellum South, these African American men came of age in a nation struggling to define itself—and their families carried that unfinished struggle forward across generations. Set against the backdrop of war, Reconstruction, violence, migration, betrayal, and tragedy, the Simmons and Sharkey families built legacies rooted in land, kinship, faith, and perseverance.

South Carolina is a place where centuries of history meet breathtaking natural beauty. From the historic streets of Charleston and the sandy shores of Myrtle Beach to the peaceful forests of Congaree National Park and the scenic peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Palmetto State offers unforgettable experiences for every traveler.

A timeless historical narrative for listeners who love western history, pioneer stories, and classic Americana. A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-Team Method. In the spring of 1857, William Audley Maxwell joined a wagon train bound for California, embarking on a four-month journey across nearly 2,000 miles of untamed wilderness. More than a memoir, Crossing the Plains is a vivid firsthand account of life on the Overland Trail during the final years of America's great westward migration.

It is time to focus on what the United States has gotten right in the pursuit of liberty in the last 250 years since the nation’s founding. Two beliefs undergird America’s experiment in liberty, and they are articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The book “We Hold These Truths”...

An illuminating journey through Cherokee history and an ancient tradition that can change how we understand our world. The history of the Cherokee people is an epic story of survival and creativity. A tale usually told through the lens of Cherokee resistance to land-hungry colonists and the...

A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize–winning American author Cormac McCarthy, from Tracy Daugherty, the New York Times bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist biography Larry McMurtry: A Life. Cormac McCarthy is hailed as one of America’s greatest novelists. In his body of work...