| A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Anthony BaleHistorian Anthony Bale's fast-paced and engaging chronicle utilizes medieval travel guides and firsthand accounts to reveal how Europeans navigated the perils and pleasures of travel from the 10th to the 15th centuries. Try this next: The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry. |
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| Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay DolinBestselling maritime historian Eric Jay Dolin's suspenseful latest chronicles a fateful skirmish between an American sealing expedition and a British convict ship during the War of 1812 that left five castaways stranded on the Falkland Islands for 534 days. For fans of: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. |
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| The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America by Tracie McMillanIn her reflective blend of memoir and reportage, award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan explores the economic benefits of white privilege. Booklist calls it "a fresh, urgent new look at the mechanisms of racism in America." Further reading: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee. |
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| In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States by Ana Raquel MinianStanford historian and Carnegie Fellow Ana Raquel Minian's compelling follow-up to Undocumented Lives explores the history of immigrant detention in the United States by spotlighting the experiences of four migrants from the early-20th century to the present. Further reading: America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee. |
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| The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of... by Hampton SidesHistorian Hampton Sides' compelling, you-are-there latest offers an atmospheric account of controversial British cartographer James Cook's final Pacific voyage, which began in 1776 and ended three years later when he was killed by a group of Native Hawaiians whom he had exploited. Try this next: The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart. |
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