Feed the People! Why Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, and other slow-food-loving locavores are wrong about food in America—and why Waffle House can save us all. “This book ...

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‘Feed the People!’ Review: In Praise of the Supermarket Eating locally grown meat and vegetables is a nice aspiration, but it’s no way to get a satisfying meal in the winter.

“A worthwhile corrective to a great deal of wrongheaded popular dogma about food.”

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The Basic Books Group is excited to be at the OAH 2026 Conference. It’s wonderful to connect with historians in-person, including authors William Sturkey and @stschrader1.bsky.social!

If you’re also in Philly, visit booth #610 to browse discounted titles across our imprints and meet our team.

On this day in 2003, Michael Jordan played his final game in the NBA.

In "Jumpman" Johnny Smith reconstructs the defining moment of Jordan’s career—winning his first NBA championship in 1991—examining Jordan’s rise in American culture and the burden he carried as a symbol of racial progress.

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Lindy Elkins-Tanton unboxes her book “Mission Ready: How to Build Teams That Perform Under Pressure”, hitting shelves April 21, which provides a blueprint for developing teams that deliver exceptional results in high-pressure situations.

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"BLUE POWER: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves" by Stuart Schrader (@stschrader1.bsky.social) is now available from Basic Books!

A history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable.

THE RULES THAT MAKE US by Oliver Sweet is now available from Basic Venture!

"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the world really works.” —Erin Meyer, author of The Culture Map

Happy publication day to @melvingibbs.bsky.social's HOW BLACK MUSIC TOOK OVER THE WORLD!

One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form.

Howard Gardner's groundbreaking classic "FRAMES OF MIND: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" is now available in an updated paperback edition!

Happy publication day to @michaelehayden.bsky.social's STRANGE PEOPLE ON THE HILL!

A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when a white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics divide our communities.

On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was completed.

In "City of Light, City of Shadows," Mike Rapport uncovers the Paris that built this enduring monument, a city riven by social anxieties and plagued by overlapping epidemics of poverty, political extremism, and anti-Semitism.

"RECESSION: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It" by Tyler Goodspeed is now available from Basic Venture!

From a top economist, the real explanation for why recessions start, how long they last, and how to avoid them in the first place.

Today is World TB Day, raising awareness for tuberculosis which still claims 3,500 lives per day.

THE PHANTOM PLAGUE by @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social is the definitive social history of TB, from its ancient origins to nineteenth-century epidemics to its modern reemergence amongst the global poor.

@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.

The strategy of Russia’s liberal elite is clear: make your peace with Putin. This is how they survive | Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan As the fourth anniversary looms of Russia’s war on Ukraine, those close to the Kremlin prosper while others merely strive to escape the worst repression, say Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

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!

Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire by undefined In this labyrinthine history, journalist Senior (The Tyrant’s Shadow) recaps the exploits of the Cambridge Five. Kim Philby, Joh...

"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

Lawless Republic | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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!

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"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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Europe A bold new history of Europe, from ancient Greece to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.   What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by ge...

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EUROPE | Kirkus Reviews A “gigantic promontory.”

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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