A thriller set, unintentionally, in the run-up to World War 2.
Read MoreA biography of four-time Boston mayor James Michael Curley.
Read MoreA book in the Object Lessons series of brief bites of the “blue humanities.”
Read MoreA surprisingly good biography of Daniel H. Coakley, a corrupt power player in the politics of Boston a century ago.
Read MoreMassachusetts’ brief time as the Know-Nothing Party’s greatest success story, 1854-57.
Read MoreThe first novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, written by my friend from undergrad.
Read MoreA military history of the Chinese invasion of Dutch Formosa, with implications for Military Revolution Theory.
Read MoreMy favorite overly-political science fiction/fantasy writer also wrote a history book about the Russian Revolution.
Read MoreAn autobiography of a Black revolutionary from the ‘70s with a strong condemnation of the US criminal justice system.
Read MoreThe history of the Maine coastline.
Read MoreA new, Trump-era biography of Tailgunner Joe.
Read MoreThe cliffnotes version of the road to war.
Read MoreWhat? A pundit’s book? Have I lost my mind? Well, it is about Spiro Agnew, an overlooked disgrace.
Read MoreCultural micro-histories from 18th century France.
Read MoreA book about shipping in the Arabian Peninsula.
Read MoreAn analysis of Seneca the Younger’s years as a statesman.
Read MoreMy only running fantasy series engages with pandemic.
Read MoreA specialist on “kooks” tackles human origin theories.
Read MoreA “monograph” on the 1952 Massachusetts Senate election between Cabot and Jack.
Read MoreA book about modern Senate carpetbaggers.
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