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While the grandiosity of Fallingwater and elegance of Taliesin are recognized universally, Frank Lloyd Wright’s first foray into affordable housing is frequently overlooked. Although Wright began work on his American System-Built Homes (ASBH, 1911–17) with great energy, the project fell apart following wartime shortages and disputes between the architect and his developer. While continuing to advocate for the design of affordable small homes, Wright never spoke publicly of ASBH. As a result, the heritage of many Wright-designed homes was forgotten.

On the night of July 12, 1973, fire swept through the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis—the sole repository for millions of military service records. No sprinkler system. No backup copies. No index. By the time the flames were extinguished four days later, 17.5 million records had been destroyed, the largest loss of federal documents in American history. The Erased Generation is the definitive account of the NPRC fire and its consequences.

A lively and captivating journey through the world of the Transcendentalists, America’s first group of public intellectuals, whose visionary ideas reinvented our culture and politics and remain an inspiration today. “An impeccable and often dazzling behind-the-scenes look at the Concord...

True crime. Southern history. The world’s most unlikely whiskey empire. Go beyond the iconic black label and step inside the hidden world of Lynchburg, Tennessee, where whiskey, legacy, ambition, and folklore combined to create one of the most recognizable brands in American history. Jack...

Where the continent softens into the Pacific and the horizon stretches wide with promise, San Diego’s story unfolds—a sweeping tale shaped by ancient coastlines, Indigenous ingenuity, imperial ambition, wartime transformation, and the restless creativity of the modern age. In A Brief History of San Diego, Derek Monaghan brings his signature cinematic style to one of America’s most captivating cities. From the deeptime world of the Kumeyaay to the arrival of Spanish missionaries and soldiers…

A Hudson Valley Reckoning tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past and leads to a deep connection with the descendants of the enslaved people her family owned.

The Debt is Due: A Calling to the PlanetHistory wasn’t written in ink; it was built on iron and bone. In the time it takes you to breathe, a debt is being held in trust for you by a silent witness that has carried humanity for five thousand years. In The Horses That Bind Us, Joshua Bettger delivers a surgical strike to the human conscience. This is not a "horse book" —it is a global manifesto and a historical reckoning.

The “Law West of the Pecos", with a great appetite for publicity and a knack for achieving it, was something more than an amusing old scoundrel—for Roy Bean had in him the stuff of a folk hero of the sort which the Old West could hardly again produce.

Remember frolicking outside during the long, jubilant days of summer? This vibrant collection invites listeners to breathe deeply and return to that “carefree” season. From riding bikes with friends through the neighborhood, to hopping the ferry to Boblo Island, catching catfish along the river, dancing on warm nights to Afrobeats and jazz music, and cooling off in the Swimmobile, those sun-drenched memories were often clouded by racism for the Detroiters in this evocative anthology.

The true story of the corrupt and violent town of Borger, Texas, in 1927―and the legendary Texas Ranger tasked with taming it. Just a year after the town of Borger, Texas, was founded, the press called it "the wickedest in the state" for good reason. The town, sprung into existence overnight...

**Narrated by the Author!** A poignant and inspiring memoir from the former mayor of Atlanta about her modest, hardscrabble upbringing, and fully appreciating the selfless, loving, fierce, and altogether Southern-twinged lessons her family taught her. Long before Keisha Lance Bottoms rose to...

Named one of the most anticipated nonfiction books of 2026 by the New York Times "I loved this book.… A revelatory perspective on a formidable artistic movement whose history has been left to a handful of (male) gatekeepers."—Tanya Pearson, author of Pretend We’re Dead "A riveting and...

NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1970S WAS A CULTURE OF OPEN CORRUPTION. EVERYONE WHO WAS ANYONE WAS IN ON THE GRIFT. Ford to City: Drop Dead. It’s the most famous tabloid headline of all time (with apologies to “Headless Body in Topless Bar”). It also supplied the narrative that came to be accepted as truth regarding the New York City fiscal crisis of 1975—an uncaring, hapless, accidental President Ford abandoning America’s greatest city in its hour of maximum need.

Austin, Texas—one of the fastest growing cities in America—has a past as vibrant and complex as the culture that defines it today. A Brief History of Austin traces that story from its earliest peoples to its modern boomtown identity, revealing how creativity, conflict, innovation, and community shaped a city unlike any other. From the Tonkawa who gathered along the river to the frontier settlers who carved a capital from limestone and dust…

Serene one moment and destructive the next, Lake Erie's moods mirror its tumultuous role in history . As the site of Cleveland's Great Lakes Exposition, the lake offered visitors a respite from the Great Depression, and Hotel Victory, once considered the world's largest summer resort, drew...

On November 22, 1963, William Clay Ford, the youngest grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford, made a successful bid to buy the Detroit Lions of the National Football League for the unheard-of sum of $6 million. As Ford and his entourage settled down to a celebratory luncheon, their waitress...

From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a revelatory new account of slavery, uncovering a surprising web of relationships between Black and white people that ranges far beyond the familiar template of “master-slave” dynamics A white man hosts a wedding party for his Black servant and finds...

By the bestselling author of Astoria, a thrilling and masterfully crafted narrative of the Conquistador Francisco Coronado’s expedition across 2,500 miles of the vast uncharted North American interior—“El Norte Misterioso” —where he was turned back by fierce indigenous resistance that...

Experience Seattle – A Complete Guide to the Emerald CityDiscover the skyline, waterfront, neighborhoods, and natural beauty that define one of America’s most compelling cities. Seattle is more than the Space Needle and rainy-day reputation. It is a city shaped by water and mountains, built on innovation, powered by coffee culture, and rooted in a fiercely independent creative spirit. From the historic energy of Pike Place Market to the sweeping views of Mount Rainier, Seattle blends maritime heritage with modern industry in a way few cities can match.

A Barack Obama Summer Reading List Selection Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic...