Broken Trust

Step into Savannah, Georgia, a city draped in Spanish moss and steeped in Southern charm, where secrets linger in the sultry air and the line between good and evil blurs with the stroke of midnight. John Berendt's mesmerizing narrative plunges you into the heart of this enigmatic city, where eccentric personalities and captivating mysteries intertwine.

At the center of it all is Jim Williams, a respected antiques dealer, standing accused of murder. As Berendt navigates the intricate web of Savannah society, he encounters a cast of unforgettable characters: voodoo priestesses, flamboyant drag queens, and aristocratic socialites, each holding a piece of the puzzle.

More than just a true crime story, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a journey into the soul of a city, exploring themes of reputation, deception, and the seductive power of place. With its vivid prose and unforgettable characters, this New York Times bestseller is a haunting and humorous masterpiece that will leave you spellbound long after you turn the final page.

In 1899, the mayor of Jerusalem, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, foresaw the coming storm when he wrote to Theodore Herzl, warning of the displacement that would befall Palestine's indigenous people. His words echo through Rashid Khalidi's The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, a sweeping and essential history of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

Drawing upon previously untapped archives and generations of family reports, Khalidi, a leading historian of the Middle East, dismantles accepted interpretations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He reveals a century of colonial war waged against the Palestinians, supported by global powers, from the Balfour Declaration to the ongoing struggle for self-determination.

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is a personal and powerful reclamation of history. Khalidi weaves together the voices of journalists, poets, and resistance leaders with his own experiences, offering a profoundly moving account of occupation, dispossession, and the enduring fight for a nation's right to exist.

In a nation grappling with its identity, legendary journalist Dan Rather turns to the core principles that unite us. In this collection of insightful essays, Rather draws upon his decades of experience on the front lines of history to remind us of the values that have shaped America: freedom, empathy, service, and the pursuit of progress. From public schools to national parks, from the struggle for civil rights to the audacity of scientific innovation, Rather illuminates the institutions and ideals that bind us together. With his signature blend of plainspoken wisdom and unwavering hope, Rather offers a path forward, urging us to listen, to converse, and to remember that we are, ultimately, one.

In The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein dismantles the myth of de facto segregation, revealing the explicit government policies that shaped America's racial landscape. Through meticulous research, Rothstein exposes how federal, state, and local laws deliberately created segregated communities, from racial zoning and discriminatory public housing to subsidies for whites-only suburbs and active suppression of Black families integrating white neighborhoods. This "powerful and disturbing history" ( New York Times Book Review) uncovers the hidden origins of racial inequality, forcing a reckoning with our nation's unconstitutional past and challenging us to confront its enduring consequences.