Nigel M. de S. Cameron’s biography of Ronald Reagan’s larger-than-life surgeon general, Charles Everett Koop, reveals a complex figure caught between public health policies, religious convictions, and family struggles. Born in... Read More

Timothy J. Heaphy, the lead investigator for the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack against democracy in the United States, shares important lessons from that experience in his fascinating, often disturbing... Read More

The history of the Kurdish people’s struggle for self-government is at the center of Nicole F. Watts’s riveting book "Republic of Dreams". The modern countries of the Middle East were created when the Age of Empires came to an end... Read More

Steeped in original archival research, Isaac Stanley-Becker’s "Europe without Borders" explores the complicated history of the campaign for a united, borderless Europe. After the horrors of World War II, leaders from Western Europe... Read More

An extended criticism of how a government agency mishandled the opioid crisis, "Greed to Do Good" is an edifying insider’s look at the US’s ongoing struggles with drug abuse. CDC epidemiologist Charles LeBaron’s political science... Read More

"I Am Scared, Very Scared!" is a brief, heartfelt political tract that advocates against a second Donald Trump presidency. John Ayoola Akinyemi’s political manifesto "I Am Scared, Very Scared!" makes an impassioned case against... Read More

An illustrative call to action to fix issues within the justice system, "Dangerous Injustice" examines two recent cases of presidential misconduct. Veteran CIA lawyer Joseph B. Sweeney’s charged political science book "Dangerous... Read More

A commonsense guide to what the United States government actually does, Jeff Fleischer’s "Civic Minded" demystifies subjects at the heart of contemporary political discourse and creates a groundwork of facts for everyday citizens.... Read More