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How Monopoly games rescued POWs from German prison campsIn 鈥淢onopoly X,鈥� Philip E. Orbanes explores the ingenuity and resourcefulness behind the creation of special game boards with hidden tools.
Everyone鈥檚 doom-scrolling about the AI apocalypse. This book stays down to Earth.Adam Becker, author of 鈥淢ore Everything Forever,鈥� says tech titans are trying to decide the future of humanity. Here鈥檚 what their techno-domination narratives miss.
Robert Smalls鈥� Civil War bravery jumps off the page. A new comic captures his legacy.Can a new graphic novel help cement the legacy of Robert Smalls? The little-known Civil War figure caught the attention of a Hollywood writer and producer, who says that telling Smalls鈥� story could 鈥渃hange lives.鈥�
A biographer profiles Rose Valland, who secretly tracked Nazi art theftsMichelle Young鈥檚 biography of Rose Valland examines how a museum archivist was able to strike a blow against Nazis' art looting in occupied France.
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鈥楩reedom Season鈥� uplifts the struggle for dignity and citizenshipHistorian Peniel Joseph鈥檚 鈥淔reedom Season鈥� raises up the work of Black activists seeking a more just society in the pivotal year of 1963.
Her ancestor sought a homeland for Jews. He chose Galveston, Texas.Rachel Cockerell talks about her great-grandfather鈥檚 role in bringing Jews out of Europe in an effort to create a Jewish homeland in Galveston, Texas.
The stories 鈥榤ove into hope鈥�: Elaine Pagels reflects on Jesus鈥� teachingsThe Gospels spread the teachings of Jesus and stories about his life. A Bible historian unpacks the message behind them in 鈥淢iracles and Wonder.鈥�
Laila Lalami taps into privacy concerns in 鈥楾he Dream Hotel鈥�Novelist Laila Lalami鈥檚 trepidation about big tech and data collection led her to imagine a world in which even dreams are subject to monitoring.
A biographer celebrates Benjamin Franklin鈥檚 curiosity and joy in scienceThe 鈥榠ngenious鈥� Founding Father Benjamin Franklin receives his due as scientist-inventor in Richard Munson鈥檚 sparkling biography.
Why J. Edgar Hoover鈥檚 biographer worries about Kash Patel running the FBIAn author who studied J. Edgar Hoover鈥檚 complicated legacy at the FBI says she sees warning signs in the overt political statements by Trump nominee Kash Patel.
Neal Stephenson mixes polo, politics, and power in the novel 鈥楶olostan鈥�A Russian American girl straddles the worlds of her Ukraine-born Bolshevik father and her Montana-raised cowgirl mother in the 1920s and 鈥�30s in Neal Stephenson鈥檚 鈥淧olostan.鈥�
Curtis Chin grew up in a Chinese restaurant. He鈥檚 on a 300-city tour to save others.In cities across the United States, Chinatowns are struggling. American storyteller Curtis Chin, author of 鈥淓verything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,鈥� is on a mission to save these vibrant cultural enclaves.
How 鈥楬istory Alice鈥� is getting Gen Z to learn about the pastAlice Loxton doesn鈥檛 believe history should be boring or academic. As 鈥淗istory Alice,鈥� she connects with millions of people on social media, and her second book, 鈥淓ighteen,鈥� already reached No. 1 in the U.K.
Good is 鈥榯he strongest gravity,鈥� says 鈥榃icked鈥� author MaguireFairy tales often present characters as either good or bad. 鈥淲icked鈥� author Gregory Maguire asks readers to let go of binary thinking as they consider morality.聽
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