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Five Must-Read Mafia Books

by Michael Cannell

WCAG Heading My nonfiction book, A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise…
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Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin

by Lee Server

WCAG Heading Check out an excerpt from Lee Server’s Handsome Johnny, a vivid…
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The Mafia’s President: Nixon and the Mob

WCAG Headingby Don Fulsom Unbeknownst to most people even now, the election of 1968 placed the…
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Inside the Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

WCAG Headingby Dan Pearson and Larry McShane When the call came, Ralph Natale reflected on exactly…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The History Reader 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…
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Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies

It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…
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Post-Holocene Progress

Maerten van Heemskerck - Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World

by Samuel Miller McDonald

Samuel Miller McDonald's book, Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now…
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The Last Launch of the Gemini Program

Gemini 12 prime crew: Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot.

by Jeffrey Kluger

On November 11, 1966, NASA launched Gemini 12, the last manned spaceflight in…
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Featured Excerpt: A Promise Delivered

Van Thomas Barfoot newly promoted US Army Lieutenant circa 1944.

by Ty Seidule and Connor Williams

In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the…
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Featured Excerpt: A Biography of a Mountain

Mt. Rushmore

by Matthew Davis

In A Biography of a Mountain, Matthew Davis shares a  comprehensive narrative history…
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