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Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African-American history, this audiobook makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market.  

“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The...

Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre experiences, including the deadly Chicago heatwave of 1995, treating the first AIDS patients in the country before the disease was diagnosed, the nurse with rare Munchausen syndrome, the only surviving ricin victim, and the professor with Alzheimer's hiding the effects of the wrong medication.

The Hawaiian kingdom was tiny, and the big world was huge. The 19th century was the high water mark of Western imperialism, worldwide, and the great powers were planting their flags across the Pacific. Hawai'i was in their sights. By late in the century, two strong American currents were running: one east from the islands, one west from the continent. Sugar plantations had become Hawai'i's biggest moneymaker. And many of the biggest names in the business were of American blood - the sons of missionaries, devout capitalists.

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe — how to be in...

A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics impact our psyches and divide our communities. “A timely and engagingly written account by an...

Forget what you think you know about the Winter Hill Gang; this is the ruthless truth of the Boston underworld and its most ominous figure — his tragic origins, unsolved murders, and his daughter who broke the silence around him. In 2020, author Springs Toledo set out to find a ghost in the...

The shocking true story of the highest-ranking Mafia Boss in history to betray the organization and strike a deal with federal authorities, ending the Mafia’s reign. After his conviction in 1983, Cleveland Mafia Boss Angelo Lonardo became the highest-ranking Mafia Boss to betray his legacy...

A provocative historical, cultural, and personal reckoning with Virginia, the state at the heart of America’s foundation and its greatest contradictions—from an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Everyone is from somewhere, but some people are lucky enough to be from somewhere...

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after 10 years in England he decided to go home, to a foreign country. In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America.

In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.

A foundational classic in the historiography of the American Civil War. In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Civil War Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for...

Ervaar hoe grensverleggende techniek en bittere opoffering de meest iconische hangbrug uit de geschiedenis creëerden. Terwijl je onderweg bent naar je werk of zoekt naar rustige verdieping, word je direct meegezogen in de rokerige, industriële sfeer van het negentiende-eeuwse New York. Dit...

在这场决定美国命运的独立战争中，最残酷的并非正规军交锋，而是将邻里化为死敌的血腥内战与边地游击战。无论你是习惯在通勤途中寻找沉浸式的硬核历史，还是热衷于推演跌宕起伏的军事战略，这段充满背叛、报复与生...

اكتشف التاريخ الحقيقي للغرب الأمريكي المتوحش، حيث يحل العمل الشاق وصراعات البقاء مكان أساطير المبارزات ورعاة البقر. عبر سرد واقعي، نغوص في يوميات المهاجرين...

在这部沉浸式的微观历史非虚构叙事中，北美港口城市的普通居民被直接抛入帝国动荡的漩涡，在和平信仰与流血抗争之间艰难抉择。如果你渴望在枯燥的通勤路上，感受宏大政治如何撕裂并重塑个体的细碎日常，这段充满张...

这部波澜壮阔的环境史著作揭露了人类与自然之间最核心的权力博弈，讲述一条狂野奔流的荒漠巨川如何被一步步拖入残酷的资源争夺与气候危机之中。面对日益严峻的生态焦虑，许多渴望厘清现代生存困境的听众正在寻找破...

在十九世纪纽约的扩张狂潮中，一场挑战时代技术极限的逆袭之战，由狂热的远见者与无数底层劳工在险恶的东河之上用血肉之躯悍然打响。当冰冷的钢铁与致命的沉箱病交织，这是一场没有任何退路的生死豪赌。面对外界的...

当狂热的宗教理想撞上帝国的严苛税收，一座边缘的清教徒沿海小镇意外成为了颠覆大西洋世界的革命引火点。如果你正渴望在日常通勤中寻找一段扣人心弦的历史真相，这段充满张力的宏大叙事将带你瞬间穿越回那个暗流涌...

抛开虚幻的车库造富神话，这部深度的科技商业史将带你洞悉全球创新中心崛起的真实底层逻辑。当一座加州边缘的宁静小镇迎头撞上高等教育、风险投资与军工科研的时代洪流，一场席卷全球的技术革命就此引爆。无论你是...