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Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a Black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture; the loss of those he loves.

The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country–a land of opportunity–they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person’s skin. Noel Ignatiev’s 1995 book–the first published work of one of America’s leading and most controversial historians–tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors.

In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona—a people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of America—freely reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. The Hopi kept this view a secret for countless centuries, and anthropologists have long struggled to understand it. Now they record their myths and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies as a gift to future generations.

Indigenous naturopathic doctor Nicole Redvers pairs evidence-based research with traditional healing modalities, addressing modern health problems and medical processes Modern medical science has finally caught up to what traditional healing systems have known for centuries. Many traditional...

Step behind the heavy iron doors of America’s most exclusive collegiate orders. For nearly two centuries, the "Ancient Eight" senior societies of Yale University have operated as a shadow government within the Ivy League, cultivating the future leaders of industry, law, and politics. This comprehensive volume offers an unprecedented look into the windowless tombs of New Haven, providing a meticulous examination of the rituals and legacies that define these institutions.

The “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China. Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and...

Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides. This program is read by the author. In the year 2020, Americans suffered one rude blow after another to...

The history of Juneteenth is often condensed into a single moment in Galveston, Texas, however, it is actually the culmination of centuries of resistance, legal maneuvering, and a profound spiritual yearning for justice. To understand June 19, 1865, one must first look at the landscape of American slavery and the specific socio-political climate of the mid-nineteenth century. For the enslaved population, the struggle for liberty was not merely a political fight, it was a deeply theological one.

The History of American Railways: Kansas and Beyond is a book for both railroad enthusiasts and history buffs. In this fascinating history, Tammy Hammond describes how early steam locomotives like “The Tom Thumb” operated on short lines just a few miles long. But America was expanding according to Manifest Destiny, a belief that the United States should gain all territories from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. And it did – through railroads! This book explains how small lines merged into larger ones that completed the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah.

Between 1850 and 1950, experts and entrepreneurs in Britain and the United States forged new connections between the nutrition sciences and the commercial realm through their enthusiasm for new edible consumables. The resulting food products promised wondrous solutions for what seemed to be both individual and social ills.

Al Silverman, a noted figure in American publishing, has written a wonderful chronicle of book publishing for all who cherish books. The Time of Their Lives is not only a love song to the industry's golden age, an era that began after World War II and lasted for three-plus decades, but it is also a reflection of the tastes and cultural appetites of the American public.