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Just a few decades ago, as recently as the Clinton years, we had a vibrant nation that inspired the rest of the world. But then a new religion called Secular Humanism took hold. It saw wrongs that needed to be righted, but went overboard as its revolutionary zeal carried it to excesses that...

Santa Fe is one of America's most storied cities—a place where ancient traditions, colonial ambition, frontier conflict, and artistic reinvention converge in a landscape unlike anywhere else. In this sweeping, cinematic history, Derek Monaghan traces the city's remarkable journey from its Indigenous origins to its emergence as a modern cultural capital.

Relive the Ups and Downs of the Storied Saga of the Nomadic Nets. The Nets have led a wandering existence spanning over five decades. The team has been known as the New Jersey Americans, New York Nets, New Jersey Nets and now Brooklyn Nets, while constantly relocating throughout the New York metropolitan area.

Savannah is a city shaped by tide, time, and extraordinary resilience. From its Indigenous roots to its twentyfirstcentury renaissance, A Brief History of Savannah traces nearly three centuries of conflict, creativity, and reinvention. Told in vivid, cinematic prose, this book follows Savannah’s journey through its founding under James Oglethorpe, the fires of revolution, the devastation of the Civil War, and the long struggle for freedom during Reconstruction and Jim Crow.

To understand the history of the Stewards is to attempt to grasp the shape of the wind. For nearly four centuries, this silent collective has operated beneath the surface of official histories, leaving behind no monuments, no signed treaties, and no public martyrs. While other secret societies like the Freemasons or the Rosicrucians eventually allowed their rituals to be cataloged and their symbols to be sold in gift shops, the Stewards remained committed to a much more difficult path: absolute, functional invisibility. They did not seek to be known, they sought to be effective.

The history of the world is often written by the victors, but the true architecture of human progress is frequently designed in the shadows. For centuries, a clandestine thread has woven itself through the tapestry of Western civilization, connecting the stone laboratories of the seventeenth century to the fiber optic cables of the modern age.

For eight centuries, the Texas frontier has seen conquest, exploration, immigration, revolution, and innovation, leaving to history a cast of fascinating characters and captivating tales. Its historic period began in 1519 with Spanish exploration, but there was a prehistory long before, nearly...

By his longtime friend and a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, the definitive biography of Larry McMurtry, the legendary author and screenwriter of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, and Brokeback Mountain, who transformed our vision of the West. Before Larry McMurtry became one of the...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an institution defined by its light, yet its most enduring legend is born of the shadows. To walk the brick paths of the oldest public university in the nation is to tread upon layers of history that are both academic and spectral. While the university officially prizes the transparency of research and the democratic ideal of public education, there exists on its eastern edge a silent contradiction. There, atop the ridge of Piney Prospect, sits a stone for-tress that has guarded the secrets of a select few for over a century.

The history of secret societies is often a tapestry woven from threads of genuine civic duty, collegiate tradition, and the inevitable allure of mystique. Among these organizations, the Burning Spear Society at Florida State University stands as a unique case study in how institutional influence and student leadership can merge into a powerful, albeit often controversial, force.

Kansas is not the quiet heartland you learned about in school. It is the crossroads where every national argument, natural disaster, and ambitious dream once stopped for a drink. In Sunflowers, Storms, and Stubborn Souls, Jordan Blake Carter tells the history of Kansas the way it deserves to be told. Bold. Funny. Honest. And completely unfiltered. This book takes you from the ancient tallgrass prairie to the chaos of the territorial era, when Kansas held a full rehearsal for the Civil War.

In January 1863, in a remote Appalachian valley of North Carolina called Shelton Laurel, thirteen prisoners ranging in age from thirteen to fifty-nine were shot to death.

In the humid, moss-draped corridor of North-Central Florida, power is not merely inherited; it is engineered. For over a century, the University of Florida has served as the primary incubator for the state’s political, legal, and economic elite, but the true architect of this influence is not found in a faculty lounge or an administrative office. Instead, it resides within a storied, once-shadowy organization known as Florida Blue Key (FBK).

The history of the Quill and Dagger secret society at Cornell University is a narrative of prestige, hidden influence, and the evolution of the American collegiate elite. Founded in the late nineteenth century, the society has occupied a unique position in the social hierarchy of Ithaca, New York, acting as both a guarded sanctuary for the university's most influential student leaders and a visible pillar of campus tradition.

Most travelers think they know Florida - sunshine, sand, and roller coasters. But Exploring Florida: A Journey Through History and Must-See Destinations reveals a side of the Sunshine State that few ever see: one filled with ancient cultures, Spanish fortresses, rocket launches, and resilient communities shaped by centuries of change. From the shell mounds of the Calusa to the pastel streets of Key West, author Brian Armstrong takes listeners on a journey that bridges history and modern adventure.

A Brief History of Columbus traces the city’s remarkable journey from ancient Indigenous homelands to one of America’s fastest growing metropolitan centers. In ten vivid chapters, Derek Monaghan explores how Columbus evolved through frontier settlement, industrial expansion, immigration, suburban growth, cultural revival, and twenty first century innovation. Richly written and accessible, this concise history offers newcomers and lifelong residents a compelling look at the people, forces, and ideas that shaped Ohio’s capital; and the possibilities that lie ahead.

When Brooklyn and Manhattan embarked on the ambitious project to span the East River in 1869, they set in motion not just an engineering triumph but a financial catastrophe that would reshape the future of both cities. "Towers of Hubris" reveals the untold story behind the Brooklyn Bridge's staggering cost overruns, political machinations, and the crushing debt that ultimately forced Brooklyn to surrender its independence and join Greater New York.

Every empire has its capital. Ours happens to be built on a swamp. In Swamp, Suits, and Shenanigans, cultural essayist Jordan Blake Carter digs through two centuries of ambition, hypocrisy, and hope to reveal the real Washington, D.C. From its mosquito-ridden origins to its modern brunch-and-barricade reality, this is the capital as you have never seen it: brilliant, broken, and always under renovation.

California is the land of impossible dreams and inevitable disasters. Gold built it, earthquakes shook it, fires torched it, Hollywood sold it, and Silicon Valley convinced us all to scroll through it. Behind the sunshine and palm trees lies a history of robber barons, cult leaders, political circus acts, and enough contradictions to power the state grid.

Mobile, Alabama is a city shaped by water, war, empire, and unbreakable resilience. From its beginnings as a French colonial outpost to its rise as a major Gulf Coast port, Mobile's story is one of constant reinvention — a place where cultures collide, storms reshape the land, and history lingers in every street and shoreline. In A Brief History of Mobile, Derek Monaghan brings the city's past to life with cinematic storytelling and vivid historical detail.