“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war America...Brava to Elise Hooper for bringing these inspiring heroines to the wide audience they so richly deserve.”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling...

A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK & HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the...

Transport yourself to the opulent world of 1920s Oklahoma, where the Osage Nation, per capita the wealthiest people on the planet, reveled in newfound prosperity following the discovery of oil beneath their land. This era saw the Osage riding in...

THE NORTHWEST TRIBES, THE BOLDT DECISION, AND THE RECOGNITION OF FISHING RIGHTS

On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook...

Brewing history touches every corner of Washington. When it was a territory, homesteader operations like Colville Brewery helped establish towns. In 1865, Joseph Meeker planted the state's first hops in Steilacoom. Within a few years, that modest crop became a...