Readworthy: This month’s best history

Don't miss the best new history from the past month, hand-picked by our editors!

	Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
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	IN THE MEDIA Ancient Greece aficionados shouldn't miss this gripping look at one of history's most notorious conquerors Alexander the Great achieved unprecedented success as a military commander — but his insatiable desire to expand the Macedonian empire would also be his downfall. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA Meet the nation's first organized crime boss in a book that Liza Mundy hails as 'a tour de force' During the Gilded Age, a young Jewish mother and recent immigrant climbed the ranks of a criminal syndicate to become one of the most powerful women in New York City… IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA Learn how the emergence of paleontology rewrote history and shook Western culture to the core When a young girl unearthed dinosaur fossils on the English coast in 1811, her discovery sparked a battle between the ascendent scientific worldview and long-held religious tradition. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA 'Gives the sixth president's life the sweep and scope it deserves' – Associated Press Long overlooked by historians, John Quincy Adams and his transformative political career are brought to vivid life in this magisterial biography. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA A Fulbright scholar explores how power, politics, and food have intersected in the US since the colonial era From frybread to school lunches, this thought-provoking read reveals how food has been used as a tool of racial oppression and social control. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA 'Timely and provocative… Brettschneider's claims seem less like history than prognostication' – The Boston Globe When US presidents pushed the boundaries of the Constitution, citizens mobilized to fight back. This compelling political history shares their stories of courage and conviction. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA 'If you want to visit New York's Lower East Side of our great-grandparents… read Dan Slater's wonderful book' – New York Times bestselling author Rich Cohen In early 20th-century New York, a group of German Jewish immigrants squared off against the city's criminal underworld — and inadvertently fueled the rise of the mob. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA An engaging combination of history and memoir that explores the origins of the racial wealth gap Today, less than 1% of rural land in the US is owned by Black Americans. In this groundbreaking read, a writer and activist surveys the legacy of systemic land theft and the modern movement to reclaim it. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA Publishers Weekly says 'WWII history buffs will be delighted' by this new release featured on CBS Saturday Morning Read about Winston Churchill's eventful, extended stays at the White House under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower — and how these visits shaped the course of the 20th century. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more... IN THE MEDIA This page-turning military history offers a new perspective on the American Revolution Was American independence won in the South? This provocative read shines a new light on the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War — and argues that clashes between Southern patriots and loyalists marked the nation's first civil war. IN THE MEDIA Get on Amazon or Learn more...
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