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Chasing Cynthiana reveals hidden pockets of wine obsession in rural America and explores why the U.S. wine industry, outside California, lags behind Europe’s.

When a slim packet of his father’s letters came to light after his mother’s death, Bill Thorness began a quest to rediscover his father, who was an army commando battling in Italy to liberate Rome in World War II.

Scott D. Seligman recounts the untold story of the largest antisemitic riot in American history: the horrific attack on Jewish mourners by factory workers and police on New York’s Lower East Side during the 1902 funeral of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph.

In this compelling memoir Aramís Calderón tells a fascinating story of what it’s like to be a fugitive’s son, what drives a young man into the military, and how his time in combat brings back childhood memories he’d hoped to forget.

Predicting the Winner is a riveting narrative about election night 1952, when computers were used for the first time to predict winners from early returns and the results were launched live and untested on the newest medium for news: television.

Through the lens of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, former senior U.S. embassy official Ted Craig offers an insightful, fast-moving tour through U.S.-Pakistan relations, from 9/11 to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Lincoln and California portrays the previously unrecognized ties between President Abraham Lincoln and the Golden State, portraying his key relationships with close friends and personal acquaintances that helped influence the imperiled Union.

The Gas and Flame Men tells how chemical warfare changed the course of World War I, war in general, and the game of baseball—with famous players stepping away from the game to serve and fight in France.

Molyvos chronicles the work of Melinda McRostie and a few friends in Molyvos—on the north coast of the Greek island of Lesvos—as well as Eric and Philippa Kempton at Eftalou as they carried out the only refugee relief effort on the north coast between 2014 and 2015.

In Spymaster’s Prism, the legendary spymaster Jack Devine aims to ignite public discourse on our country’s intelligence, covert action, and counterintelligence posture against Russia.

This biography of Richard Nixon covers his uniquely Southern California life in full circle, from his birth in Yorba Linda to his final resting place just a few yards from the home in which he was born.

Told in real time, this is the story of President Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and his military commanders during the first days of the Civil War.

Spy Ships highlights specialized naval ships used for collecting intelligence and reveals their major impact on military operations and national security.

Based on previously unpublished research, noted historian D. M. Giangreco provides a concise account of President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb during World War II, focusing on the question: What did Truman know, and when did he know it?

All Souls Day is the reconstruction of a little-known battle during World War II and the impact it has to this day.

Michael G. Waltz offers a unique, firsthand account of the American war effort in Afghanistan as he recounts experiences as both a policy official and a Special Forces officer in the Bush and Obama administrations.

Using an unprecedented human rights trial as its lens, The Disappeared tells the extraordinary saga of Argentina’s attempt to prosecute its aging Dirty Warriors a generation after the collapse of its last military regime.