Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen
"A deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks—and déjà vu ... chapters flick at familiar themes: trust busting, scandal wrangling, and brawls that read like highbrow TMZ ... The book is also a reminder that, when it came to succession, America’s founders basically winged it."
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
"[An] excellent biography... if Virginia Hall herself remains something of an enigma — a testament, perhaps, to the skills that allowed her to live in the shadows for so long — the extraordinary facts of her life are brought onto the page here with a well-judged balance of empathy and fine detail. This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down"
Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw
"Not in the musicological class of Alan Lomax or at the historical heights of David Hackett Fischer's Liberty and Freedom, but worthy reading for the anthemically minded."
Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
“At 98, Lambert, who earned a Silver Star and multiple Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts, is still around to tell his story. Readers will be grateful. … Lambert’s narrative flows smoothly throughout, clearly showing the author’s heroism.”
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