Books

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The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery

by Siddharth Kara

★★★★★

A harrowing and meticulously researched account of the 1781 slave ship Zorg, whose crew threw enslaved Africans overboard for insurance money. The trial that followed helped ignite the abolitionist movement in England and the United States. Reads like a thriller while honoring the lives lost.

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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — And How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

★★★★★

A gripping narrative history of the 1929 stock market crash from the author of Too Big to Fail. Sorkin unravels the greed, blind optimism, and human folly that led to an era-defining collapse — told through unforgettable characters and packed with parallels to today’s markets.

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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy

by James Patterson & Vicky Ward

★★★★★

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller chronicling the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students in Moscow, Idaho. Patterson and Ward deliver a vivid portrait of the victims, the investigation, and the impact on two small college towns — with new reporting on the killer’s plea deal and motives.