@mattstrassler.bsky.social "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 Matthew Avery 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.
THE STORYTELLER'S ADVANTAGE won the Porchlight Award in Innovation & Creativity, and we're hosting a giveaway to celebrate!
Three followers will win a copy our latest award-winning title. Follow the Basic Venture Instagram by account 3/13/26 to enter.
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"The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection" by Tamim Ansary is now available in paperback!
In this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age.
"SYRIA: A Modern History" by Daniel Neep 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.
Tomorrow marks the fourth year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, authors of OUR DEAR FRIENDS IN MOSCOW, offer an incisive look into the strategy of Russia's liberal elite. Read the Guardian article here: bit.ly/4raZpeF
SYRIA is a landmark new history of a country forged in conflict and pivotal to the future of the Middle East.
@wendy-pearlman.bsky.social calls it "A masterful history of Syria that is both sweeping in scope and brimming with vivid detail."
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"Feed the People!: Why Industrial Food Is Good and How to Make It Even Better," by @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social & @gnrosenberg.bsky.social, is now available!
"Elegantly written and stocked with charismatic, spectacularly flawed characters, it's a captivating, psychologically probing spy saga."
Antonia Senior's forthcoming STALIN'S APOSTLES receives a great review in Publishers Weekly! Read more: bit.ly/3OyThPn
ICYMI: What the legendary orator/striver can teach us yet today. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/l... @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social #booksky
.@economist.com calls Eswar Prasad's new book THE DOOM LOOP "riveting."
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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: bshm.ac.uk/prizes/#neum...
"THE DOOM LOOP: Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling into Disorder" by Eswar S. Prasad is available now!
The acclaimed economist argues that the forces meant to stabilize the world’s economy are in fact driving global instability.
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Kirkus calls Roderick Beaton's "EUROPE: A New History" "a vividly insightful history of an ever-evolving continent."
Forthcoming 4/28!
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Susan Stryker's groundbreaking classic, TRANSGENDER HISTORY, is available now in an newly revised and updated edition for our times.
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"THIS IS AN UPRISING: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century," the modern classic of social movement organizing by @markengler.bsky.social and Paul Engler, is now available in a tenth-anniversary edition!
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"The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune," the bestselling life story of "the James Bond of hilanthropy" by Conor O'Clery, is now available in an updated paperback edition!
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"The true patriot isn't the man who refrains from attacking his city when he's been unjustly deprived of it, but the one whose loyalty is so ardent that he does all he can to get it back."
– Thucydides
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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 @melvingibbs.bsky.social -- #[bit.ly/3LUW2tF
“[A] captivating, unsettling up-close look at America’s increasingly vicious partisan split.” —@publisherswkly.bsky.social
"Strange People on the Hill," @michaelehayden.bsky.social's investigation into small town extremism, will be available 4/7/2026.
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"[A] stunning emperor-has-no-clothes indictment."
IT'S ON YOU, Nick Chater and George Loewenstein's scalding critique of the "nudge" theory of social change, has a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social!
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Lena Dunham recommends a Basic Books classic: "Thoughts without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective" by Mark Epstein.
"Pro tip: listen to the audiobook as Dr. Epstein has one of the all time great voices."
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Chief Wakara died on this day in 1855. He remains one of the most complex and influential figures in the history of the American West. Read Max Perry Mueller's definitive biography for the complete story of his life and legacy, a tale of America with native people at its center.
.@financialtimes.com calls Daniel Neep's forthcoming book "SYRIA: A Modern History" an "excellent, comprehensive history... [that] corrects the traditional narrative of a passive Syria by placing its people at the heart of their story."
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"This is an excellent book—engaging and well written." —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
IT'S ON YOU, by Nick Chater and George Loewenstein, is available today!
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