American Higher

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the former national security advisor and secretary of state comes a “sharp and penetrating . . . reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are complex and difficult, with no easy solutions” (The Washington Post). A native of...

“Bring the drugs, baby, I could bring my pain.”—The Weeknd Fate dealt twenty-five-year-old Queen Garrison a terrible hand in life. Hardship after cruel hardship had her searching for love in all the wrong places. Tired of being heartbroken, she swears off love and finds solace in her art...

Exploring American higher education from its founding in the 17th century to its struggle to innovate and adapt in the first decades of the 21st century, Thelin demonstrates that the experience of going to college has been central to American life for generations of students and their families. Drawing from archival research, along with the pioneering scholarship of leading historians, Thelin raises profound questions about what colleges are - and what they should be. 

First published in 1999, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century offered a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing American colleges and universities. This thoroughly revised edition brings the classic volume up to date. The contributors have rewritten every chapter to address major changes in higher education, including the rise of organized social movements, the problem of income inequality and stratification, and the growth of for-profit and distance education.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interviews living American presidents and top historians and journalists who reflect on the US presidency, including...

The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, creating a toxic phenomenon that culminated in the election of Donald Trump, a bumptious fraud whose checkered career and tawdry retinue, including his presidential cabinet, have featured almost every variety of scam. But long before he appeared, Trump's path to power was blazed by the motley horde of swindlers and quacks who preceded him.

AN INSTANT USA Today BESTSELLER A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read FEATURED IN The Wall Street Journal, Blooomberg, MoneyWeek, Kiplinger, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Washington Independent Review of Books AND MORE! Introduction read by the author. “Eye opening, deeply researched...

250 years. 250 stories. One country. On July 4, 2026, the United States turns two hundred and fifty. To mark the occasion, Henry Ashford has done something no popular history of America has attempted before: he has told the entire story year by year, with a single defining moment for each of the 250 years from the Declaration of Independence to the eve of the anniversary. One year. One story. One page or two. 1776 is the Declaration. 1865 is Appomattox and Lincoln's death. 1929 is the Crash. 1969 is Apollo 11. 2001 is September. But what about 1832? 1879? 1924? 1957? Some of America's most ...

Luke Ransom and Jug Sartain, trappers for the American Fur Company, made a formidable team when they partnered up in the grueling winter wilderness of Blackfoot Country. No hostile raids by man, no brutal obstacles of nature could stop them from snaring what they came for. The nicest surprise was that Luke came home with a wife—Willow, a lovely young Crow woman. Now, one year later, in this new trapping season of 1834, it’s Luke, Jug, and Willow who become the hunted.

Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most...

“A thrilling tour de force of a novel. I’ll be recommending this book to everyone.”—ANN PATCHETT “[A] gorgeous and powerful debut.”—TOMMY ORANGE, The New York Times “A stunning read.”—KHALED HOSSEINI “Utterly addictive, Good People will have everyone talking.”—PAULA...

Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for 25 years, mostly to White people. Drawing on decades of experience in the classroom and on college campuses throughout the South, as well as on his own personal history, Moore illustrates how an understanding of Black history is necessary for everyone. With Teaching Black History to White People, which is “part memoir, part Black history, part pedagogy, and part how-to guide”, Moore delivers an accessible and engaging primer on the Black experience in America.

The gentleman spy was a well-worn literary trope long before James Bond appeared on the printed page or silver screen. Yet, like many cliches, there is an element of truth to it. American espionage once relied on well-heeled amateurs to a very large degree. They possessed the necessary skill...

Can't afford housing or healthcare? One 1886 Supreme Court fraud gave corporations constitutional rights over you—discover how billionaire oligarchs stole your future and the constitutional amendment to take it back. You work harder than your parents did, yet you can't afford a home...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE ""Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits."" —...

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.

In the latest Argeneau novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands, an immortal and her mortal pilot are on the run from hungry vampires...and discover they’re life mates along the way. Jet Lassiter likes being a pilot for Argeneau Inc. Perks included travelling to exotic...

With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail.

An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies delivers a firsthand account of the unadulterated, morally complicated and riveting post-military adventures of a lethal American mercenary. In American Mercenary,Daniel Corbett takes readers on a wild...

As the United States moves toward civil war, young printer’s apprentice Thomas Garrett discovers that history is not made only in capitals and battlefields. It is also made in hidden cellars, divided homes, crowded hospitals, newspaper offices, and the choices ordinary people make when the law protects injustice. Beginning in Frederick, Maryland, in 1852, Tom’s life changes when a frightened mother and her two sons arrive at his family’s home while fleeing slavery. Their appearance draws him into the secret routes of the Underground Railroad and forces him to confront the human cost ...