Money isn’t just something we spend. It’s one of humanity’s most powerful “inventions,” shaping who rises, who falls, and how societies hold together. In The History of Money, economist David McWilliams takes you from grain ledgers in ancient Sumer (and the first “spreadsheets” on clay tablets) to coins that helped birth democracy, to the medieval […]
The Original Kingmaker
Everyone knew Pamela Churchill Harriman as a glamorous socialite. Almost no one understood what she really was: a power broker who helped shape 20th-century history from the shadows. In Kingmaker, award-winning biographer Sonia Purnell reveals how Pamela used charm, intelligence, and ruthless social skill to influence presidents, diplomats, and party bosses for more than fifty […]
The Comeback No One Stopped
Trump’s 2024 comeback wasn’t just a campaign—it was a revenge tour aimed at the entire American system. In Retribution, ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl takes you behind the scenes of Trump’s return to the White House, from the hush-money trial that turned a courthouse hallway into a campaign stage to the assassination attempts that reshaped […]
When a King Misreads a Revolution
In the late 1970s, Iran looked like one of America’s safest bets: oil-rich, tightly controlled, and ruled by a king who seemed unshakable. Within a year, his regime had collapsed, a revolutionary cleric flew in from exile to claim power, and American diplomats were taken hostage on live television. How did everyone—from the Shah’s inner […]
Secrets Bloom at Havenworth 🌿
A forgotten garden. A shattered family. A secret that could rewrite a war. In The Restoration Garden, landscape architect Julia Esdaile arrives at Havenworth Manor with a five-year-old in tow and nothing left to lose—her career, her reputation, and her sister are already gone. What starts as a last-chance job restoring an overgrown estate quickly […]
From Lipstick to Legacy
At 59, Bobbi Brown could have retired on top. Instead, she got fired from the beauty empire with her own name on it—and decided to start all over again. Still Bobbi is the story of how a short, insecure girl from Chicago turned a “no-makeup makeup” idea into a billion-dollar brand, lost control of it, […]
What Would Teddy Do?✨
Theodore Roosevelt didn’t just change the presidency—he helped reinvent the American spirit. In To Rescue the American Spirit, Bret Baier traces Roosevelt’s journey from sickly, bookish child to “Bull Moose” warrior-statesman who pushed the US onto the global stage. This summary follows Teddy through family tragedy, cowboy exile in the Badlands, his rise as a […]
When One Leader Held Us Together
What do you do when the country you just fought to create is already falling apart? In To Rescue the Constitution, Bret Baier shows how George Washington didn’t just win the Revolutionary War—he held a fragile nation together when it was on the brink of collapse. From starving soldiers at Valley Forge to shouting matches […]
Before the Booker, There Was Mother
What happens when the woman who raised you is both your fiercest protector and your deepest wound? In Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy turns her unflinching gaze on the formidable mother who shaped her life, her politics, and her art. From a precarious childhood in Kerala, to the founding of a radical girls’ […]
Stop Guessing People: Read Them
What if “mind reading” wasn’t magic at all—but a skill you could actually learn? In Read Your Mind, Emmy-winning mentalist Oz Pearlman pulls back the curtain on his jaw-dropping performances and shows that his real superpower isn’t reading thoughts, it’s reading people. Using stories from cruise-ship gigs, Wall Street pranks, live TV near-disasters, ultramarathons, and […]
