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| Title | Date published | ||
| Frenemies: Mexico & the USA, a History | 2025-06-02 | ||
| Battle of Shiloh | 2025-05-29 | ||
| Heaven's Gate: The UFO Cult | 2025-05-26 | ||
| Gerald Ford: The Unelected President | 2025-05-22 | ||
| The Manson Family: Cult Murder in Hollywood | 2025-05-19 | ||
| How to Survive the Desert: Cities of the Southwest | 2025-05-15 | ||
| Jonestown: The Death of a Cult | 2025-05-12 | ||
| 1945: America & Victory in Europe | 2025-05-08 | ||
| Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple | 2025-05-05 | ||
| The Fall of Richard Nixon | 2025-05-01 | ||
| Vietnam: The End of the War? | 2025-04-28 | ||
| Richard Nixon: Rise from Poverty | 2025-04-24 | ||
| Vietnam: Conscientious Objection in a Warzone | 2025-04-21 | ||
| The Truth About Paul Revere's Ride | 2025-04-17 | ||
| Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre | 2025-04-14 | ||
| President Lyndon B. Johnson: Triumph to Tragedy | 2025-04-10 | ||
| Vietnam War: Turning Points | 2025-04-07 | ||
| Battle of Fort Donelson | 2025-04-03 | ||
| Bobby Kennedy: Assassination of a Future President | 2025-03-31 | ||
| Battle of Iwo Jima | 2025-03-27 |