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The UPS Man: James E. Casey and the Creation of Modern Logistics by Marc Levinson
“Levinson uses legal documents and other records to reconstruct an unlikely saga in which the ever-optimistic Casey turns even seemingly disastrous events, such as the Great Depression, to the benefit of UPS.” ~Wall Street Journal
The Pope Against Nuremberg: How the Vatican Helped Nazis Escape Postwar Justice by Gerald J. Steinacher
Body and Blood: Catholic Horror in America
By Matthew J. Cressler, Jack Lee Downey, Kathleen Holscher and Michael Pasquier
“Chilling, terrifying, and hauntingly good, Body and Blood shows how Catholic horror and Catholic history intersect to offer a new story of Catholics in America.” ~Kelly J. Baker, author of The Zombies Are Coming: The Realities of the Zombie Apocalypse in American Culture
Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody: The True Story of Lies and Libel in Dominion v. Fox by Ian Rosenberg
“This book is chock-full of information that is new, shocking, and in some cases downright sickening…. Rosenberg builds his case against Fox carefully… this is a rigorous analysis of a conspiracy to make millions of people believe something that was not true.” ~Booklist
Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity by David Conrad-Pérez
“A gripping inquiry into what transpired in the aftershocks of a great tragedy.” ~Kirkus Reviews
From the Square
6 Books on the Fight for Voting Rights
Between 1850 and 1920, more than 6,000 women ran for public office in the United States, some significantly before they could legally vote. Despite their efforts, the project of universal…
Read MoreThis essay was originally published by the Jewish Book Council. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” goes the old expression. And sometimes when there’s fire there’s an insurance policy involved, as well….
Read MoreOriginally published by the Center for New York City Affairs. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 killed 146 New York City garment workers, most of them young immigrant women. With exits…
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