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@MattStrassler "Waves in an Impossible Sea" is now available in paperback! A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey to discover how the universe generates everything from nothing at all.

"Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life" by Ellen Carol DuBois is now available from Basic Books! The definitive biography of the American suffragist and women’s rights pioneer, from a preeminent historian of women’s suffrage.

CHOSEN LAND by @Matt_A_Sutton is now available from Basic Books! A sweeping history of Christianity in America, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the political triumphs of evangelicalism, showing the powerful, singular role the faith has always played in American public life. Order your copy here: bit.ly/4l1glT6

Author @Matt_A_Sutton dives into the powerful themes behind his forthcoming book, CHOSEN LAND, in a thought-provoking interview with @ajkeen. CHOSEN LAND arrives next Tues. March 3. Preorder you copy at BasicBooks.com and save 20% with code CHOSEN20.

Although they aren't available until 3/3, my books have arrived! They're 20% off at the Basic Books website with code CHOSEN20: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/matthew…

"SYRIA: A Modern History" by @neepd is now available from Basic Books! A landmark new history of Syria—a country forged in conflict, cursed by civil war and dictatorship, and pivotal to the future of the Middle East.

SYRIA is a landmark new history of a country forged in conflict and pivotal to the future of the Middle East. @Wendy_Pearlman calls it "A masterful history of Syria that is both sweeping in scope and brimming with vivid detail." Available for preorder wherever books are sold!

"Feed the People!: Why Industrial Food Is Good and How to Make It Even Better," by @jan_dutkiewicz & @gnrosenberg, is now available!

"Elegantly written and stocked with charismatic, spectacularly flawed characters, it's a captivating, psychologically probing spy saga." @Tonisenior's forthcoming STALIN'S APOSTLES receives a great review in Publishers Weekly! Read more: bit.ly/3OyThPn

Forthcoming: Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper By Alex Wright hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alex-wr…

Surely this will be one of the history books of the year…

.@TheEconomist calls @EswarSPrasad's new book THE DOOM LOOP "riveting." Read the review here: bit.ly/4keyuMW

A huge congratulations to Karl Sigmund, whose book THE WALTZ OF REASON has won the 2025 Neumann Prize from the British Society for the History of Mathematics! Learn more: #neumann" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bshm.ac.uk/prizes/#neumann

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.@KirkusReviews calls Roderick Beaton's "EUROPE: A New History" "a vividly insightful history of an ever-evolving continent." Forthcoming 4/28! Learn more: bit.ly/3NQseit

Susan Stryker's groundbreaking classic, TRANSGENDER HISTORY, is available now in an newly revised and updated edition for our times. Learn more: bit.ly/45LQOHk

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"[A] stimulating take on the complexities and influence of a rich and multifaceted musical tradition." Read the latest review of "How Black Music Took Over the World," the "exuberant debut" by legendary jazz bassist Melvin Gibbs: bit.ly/3LUW2tF

"[A] stunning emperor-has-no-clothes indictment." IT'S ON YOU, @NickJChater and George Loewenstein's scalding critique of the "nudge" theory of social change, has received a starred review in @PublishersWkly! Read it here: bit.ly/3Odgy9n

First review of my new book Blue Power!!