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FINDING FLORIDAby T.D. Allman
A splendid rendering of the messy human story of our fourth-most populous state. Full review >
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OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONORA welcome addition to a rich, indispensable field of scholarly study. Full review >
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YEAR ZEROby Ian Buruma
An authoritative, illuminating history/memoir. Full review >
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JFK'S LAST HUNDRED DAYSThis detailed, mostly worshipful account will not convince everyone, but few will put it down. Full review >
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THE RED MAN'S BONESEisler’s fine, thorough work begs for a fresh reappraisal of this pioneering artist. Full review >
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REVOLUTIONARY SUMMERKevin Phillips’ 2012 tour de force, 1775, delivered a massive argument for that year as the key to American independence. A... Full review >
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THE BULLY PULPITIt’s no small achievement to have something new to say on Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency, but Goodwin succeeds admirably. A... Full review >
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GETTYSBURGRobust, memorable reading that will appeal to Civil War buffs, professional historians and general readers alike. Full review >
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THE GREAT DISSENTby Thomas Healy
An exceptional account of the development of the Constitution’s most basic right and an illuminating story of remarkable... Full review >
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FEAR ITSELFSome will quarrel with aspects of Katznelson’s analysis, few with his widely allusive, elegant prose. Full review >
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DALLAS 1963by Bill Minutaglio ; Stephen L. Davis
Despite the calendar slog, the authors make a compelling, tacit parallel to today’s running threats by extremist groups. Full review >
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THOSE ANGRY DAYSby Lynne Olson
A vivid, colorful evocation of a charged era. Full review >
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BUNKER HILLA rewarding approach to a well-worn subject, rich in anecdotes, opinion, bloodshed and Byzantine political maneuvering. Full review >
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THE VILLAGEFine social history humanized with a sort of paradise-lost wistfulness. Full review >
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THE INTERNAL ENEMYby Alan Taylor
Full of implication, an expertly woven narrative that forces a new look at “the peculiar institution” in a particular time... Full review >
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ECSTATIC NATIONHistory on the grand scale, orchestrated by a virtuoso. Full review >
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