Don’t miss the best new history from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! Check out this month’s history picks — which include a compelling account of the Tudor era, a powerful examination of D-Day, and more!

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	Unpack the Declaration of Independence’s most revolutionary sentence WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “In Isaacson’s expert hands, those 35 words, and the ones that come after them, gain a new level of clarity and relevance, and inspire deepened appreciation” (Booklist starred review) The highly anticipated latest release from a beloved National Humanities Medal winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author A perfect read to coincide with the United States’ 250th birthday Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers How has the world’s oldest asset shaped economies throughout time? WHY IT’S READWORTHY: A “smart and stimulating” read (Slate) from an editor at The Economist Surveys three centuries of history, revealing how land came to undergird the global banking system “One of those books that changes the way you see the world. Gripping, urgent, important” (internationally bestselling author Ed Conway) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A Bancroft Prize–winning scholar delivers a landmark history of capitalism WHY IT’S READWORTHY: This “true tour de force” (Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads) is already receiving Pulitzer Prize buzz Traces the emergence and development of our global economic system, covering the last 1,000 years and spanning the entire world “An unparalleled work of scholarship that is also a joy to read, this is a monumental achievement” (Publishers Weekly starred review) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers What do you know about the history — and future — of wind? WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “With his signature entertaining erudition, [Winchester] explores a subject that has quite literally powered the human world since our inception” (The New York Times) From airplane travel to the energy industry, wind is an essential resource — and the center of countless devastating disasters “Readers will savor” (Publishers Weekly) this “splendidly written account” (Kirkus Reviews) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Alison Weir says you shouldn’t miss this ‘compelling and brilliant’ Tudor history WHY IT’S READWORTHY: When long-reigning Elizabeth I refused to marry or name a successor, it created a royal crisis that ultimately gave rise to the Stuart dynasty Informed by new analysis that upends our understanding of James I’s controversial ascent Named one of Town & Country’s Best Books of November Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Can we trace the United States’ current divisions back to colonial-era differences? WHY IT’S READWORTHY: From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Reveals how centuries-old settlement patterns have given rise to political polarization, economic inequality, and more Groundbreaking public policy research provides “considerable food for thought” (Booklist starred review) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Witness the fall of Germany’s first democracy WHY IT’S READWORTHY: A New York Times bestselling author draws on primary sources to chronicle the period between World War I and the rise of the Third Reich Traces the string of crises that led to the Weimar Republic’s collapse, from hyperinflation to political assassinations “A resonant and sobering cautionary tale of how a democracy can die” (Publishers Weekly) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Meet the real men behind a Wild West legend WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday became famous from their shoot-out at the O.K. Corral — but what do you know about their years of friendship beforehand? This revelatory dual biography offers “a raucous and entertaining slice of Americana” (Publishers Weekly) “As exciting as anything you’ll read in the pages of a novel or see on-screen” (Booklist) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium’ (Ilyon Woo) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Follow the ripple effects of the Revolutionary War across continents Explores how the US fight for independence disrupted trade, inspired penal reforms, created the first global refugee crisis, and more For “anyone interested in understanding the nation’s founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic perspective” (National Book Award–winning author Ned Blackhawk) Learn more...