Ideas de Leer
10 ideas
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk offers a sweeping reinterpretation of American history by placing Native American experiences and agency at its center, spanning five centuries from colonial encounters to modern self-determination.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
John Vaillant masterfully chronicles the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire of 2016, weaving it into a broader history of North America's oil industry, climate science, and humanity's evolving relationship with fire.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
Gary J. Bass provides a magisterial account of the largely overlooked Tokyo war crimes trial, revealing the courtroom dramas and divisions that shaped the Asian postwar era.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
King: A Life
Jonathan Eig delivers the first major biography of Martin Luther King Jr. in decades, offering an intimate and complex portrait of the civil rights icon, drawing on newly declassified FBI files and other fresh sources.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann unearths the harrowing true story of a British warship, its crew shipwrecked on a desolate island in the 1740s, and the subsequent accusations of mutiny and murder that led to a dramatic court martial.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer offers an epic, sweeping history of Cuba, tracing its intricate ties to the United States from before Columbus's arrival to the present day.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
Gary Gerstle provides an in-depth analysis of how neoliberalism emerged, dominated global politics, and is now experiencing a period of unraveling.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants Endured, and Their Legacy Illuminated
Ben Raines uncovers the hidden history of the *Clotilda*, the last vessel to bring enslaved Africans to America, and the community built by its survivors.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Kelly Lytle Hernández delves into the history of the *magonistas*, Mexican rebels who ignited the 1910 Mexican Revolution from within the United States.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Is There No Place For Me In This World? The Tragedy of the Latin American Migrant
This compelling work by Rubén Mendoza offers a crucial examination of the complex journeys and challenges faced by Latin American migrants.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook