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Paul Dickson

Paul Dickson is the author of more than sixty nonfiction books, including Sputnik: The Shock of the Century and The Bonus Army: An American Epic (with Thomas B. Allen), and…

Nathan Ward

…and was an editor at American Heritage Magazine for several years. Though he lives in Brooklyn, NY, he has had a lifelong interest in the American West and its history….

Book of the Little Axe

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Ambitious and masterfully wrought, Lauren Francis-Sharma’s Book of the Little Axe is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad to the American West during the tumultuous days of…

River Selby

…where they are pursuing their PhD in Nonfiction with an emphasis in postcolonial histories, North American colonization, and postmodern literature and culture. River has spent nearly a decade researching the…

Ryan Boudinot

Ryan Boudinot’s work has appeared in The Best American Non-Required Reading, Real Unreal:Best American Fantasy, and McSweeney’s. He blogs about film on The Rumpus and teaches in Goddard College’s MFA…

Daniel de Visé

Daniel de Visé is the author of King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King, The Comeback: Greg LeMond, The True King of American Cycling, and a…

Parliament of Whores

by P. J. O'Rourke

“Pick up O’Rourke’s Parliament of Whores, a riotously funny and perceptive indictment of America’s political system. You’ll stop reading only when you stop laughing. . . . Parliament of Whores…

Once in a Lifetime

by Gavin Newsham

“Newsham describes the audacious attempt to create a national sport from scratch in meticulous detail, and the story is fascinating”. This book is a gripping evocation of a glorious but…

The Neocon Reader

by Irwin Stelzer

“I find both the substance and the rhetoric of many of the articles here inspiring. But even those who don’t might admire the imagination, forthrightness and clarity of most of…

Mint Condition

by Dave Jamieson

“An excellent and rigorous history of baseball cards . . . Dave Jamieson’s Mint Condition is a comprehensive romp through a quirky subject’s history.” —Marc Tracy, The New York Times…