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- 'Be Free or Die' profiles former slave and US Congressman Robert Smalls
This neat piece of narrative history explores a remarkable life story that deserves a wider audience.
- 'The Essex Serpent' pits nature against faith in a fabulous summer read
A Loch Ness-like monster last seen in the late 1600s rears its head again in this delightful novel set in the Victorian era.
- 'Adua' explores the relationship between colonizer and colonized
Somali-Italian author and journalist Igiaba Scego writes with forthright simplicity and unblinking honesty.
- 'Huê 1968' is an instantly recognizable classic of military history
In this story of the turning point of the Vietnam War, 'Black Hawk Down' author Bowden wades into deeper historical waters.
- Inside the hidden history of confederate memorials
It was largely women who led the drive to get their communities to embrace Civil War monuments.
- 'I Was Told To Come Alone' is one reporter's up-close look at jihad
Journalist Souad Mekhennet has reported on terrorism for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, and NPR.
- Bestselling books the week of 6/15/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.