Past & Present

Stay informed on the people, places and events that influence world affairs. Each week we'll direct you to the best new books on current events, along with recommended memoirs, biographies and history titles.

  • Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II
  • We All Shine on: John, Yoko, and Me
  • Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
  • Freedom
  • Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm
  • From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
  • Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
  • Whistles from the graveyard
  • Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
  • In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
  • 100 Moments in the History of Mexico
  • DK Eyewitness Caribbean
  • The LEGO story: how a little toy sparked the world's imagination
  • Ghostwalker: Tracking a Mountain Lion's Soul Through Science and Story
  • What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
  • Citizen
  • Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler
  • Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th
  • The Antipodean Express: A Journey by Train from New Zealand to Spain
  • America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
  • Nothing Is Missing: A Transformational Memoir
  • Aboriginal Myths, Legends & Fables
  • Frommer's Washington D.C.
  • Patriot
  • Egyptian Secrets by the Code-Breaker of the Hieroglyphs