by Isabel Wilkerson (2010)
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. Told through the intimate lives of three unforgettable individuals.
James M. McPherson
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The definitive single-volume chronicle of the American Civil War, brilliantly weaving together the political, social, and military forces that tore the United States apart between 1848 and 1865.
David McCullough
The Course of Human Events is a celebrated work by David McCullough (Double Pulitzer Winner, Double National Book Award Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
John W. Dower
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, John W. Dower examines Japan during the American occupation from 1945 to 1952, exploring how a shattered, defeated empire reinvented itself into a peace-state and economic titan.
Lillian M. Bisson
Divided between the outer world of affairs and the inner world of poetic insight, Chaucer sought to make sense of his changing, conflicting world. In Chaucer and the Late Medieval World, Lillian M. Bisson examines the societal issues that the poet explored in his work. Bisson provides lively interpretations of Chaucer's texts, especially The Canterbury Tales, in the context of the paradigmatic shifts taking place around him, and offers a broad historical overview - often going back to the Early Christian period - to help the reader grasp the significance of those shifts. She focuses on three major areas of medieval life - religion, class/commerce, and gender - all of which were experiencing considerable change in the fourteenth century.