Emigration & Immigration

In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West....

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION From New Yorker writer Michael Luo comes a masterful narrative history of the Chinese in America that traces the sorrowful theme of exclusion and documents their more than century-long struggle to belong. ONE OF THE BEST...

New York Times Bestseller Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century A young poet tells...

A National Bestseller A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks...

New York Times best seller An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo...

La aventura de Javier es una travesía de tres mil millas desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador, a través de Guatemala y México, hacia la frontera de Estados Unidos....

In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people...

The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide....

"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages." --The New York Times Book Review Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed author of Bunker Hill...

The Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston....

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation. “Karla’s book sheds light on people’s personal experiences and...

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms. “This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at...

Ernest Hemingway's classic exploration of the history and pageantry of bullfighting, and the deeper themes of cowardice, bravery, sport and tragedy that it inspires. Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that...

“A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century.” –Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump’s speeches, designed...

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics “A deeply reported, surprisingly personal exploration of a phenomenon...

WINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION A TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 An NPR Book We Love 2024 A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 “A work of extraordinary reportage and compassion...[it] will shock you, move you, and leave...

The Terror Factory reveals shocking information about the criminals, con men, and liars the FBI uses as paid informants....

The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir “Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant...

From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families. “This love letter to intergenerational relationships opens every window and door to one’s heart... A healing work of art.” —Yesika Salgado, author of...

The award-winning history of twelve million German-speaking civilians in Europe who were driven from their homes after WWII: "a major achievement" (New Republic)....

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. "All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer...

A national bestseller! An unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering both a riveting personal story and an examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer. Alejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare, a White House aide to...

Imagine that a terrorist tried to kill you. If you could face him again, on your terms, what would you do? Find out what Raisuddin Bhuiyan did....

It started in 1845 and lasted six years. Before it was over, more than one million men, women, and children starved to death and another million fled the country....

From New York Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa, a sweeping human history of El Paso, revealing violence, power, and privilege at play in America's most famous border town. El Paso has been called the “Ellis Island” of America’s southern border, a mountain pass cum border town cum bifurcated...

What does it mean to live between two cities—and between two ways of seeing the world? In London and Hong Kong: Living Between Two Cities, Siu Lun Yuen offers a thoughtful and deeply personal reflection on two of the world’s most iconic urban centres. This is not simply a book about geography, architecture, or cultural difference. It is a book about what cities do to us—how they shape our habits, emotions, identity, memory, and sense of belonging. London and Hong Kong are both global cities, yet they speak in very different voices. One feels spacious, restrained, and layered with ...

México es uno de los países más importantes del mundo. Es la nación de habla hispana más grande, una potencia manufacturera estrechamente integrada con Estados Unidos y una economía entre las más grandes del planeta. Sin embargo, también es un país donde organizaciones criminales poderosas controlan territorios, influyen en la política y operan con recursos que a veces rivalizan con los del propio Estado. ¿Cómo llegó México a esta situación? En México: El Estado del Narco, Donald Elton examina las fuerzas históricas que dieron forma a la cultura política del país y que ...

In cities across the United States, a quiet phenomenon has been unfolding for decades. Walk through the corridors of hospitals, universities, technology companies, and corporate boardrooms, and you will often encounter professionals with Nigerian names—doctors, engineers, professors, entrepreneurs, and innovators contributing to some of the most dynamic sectors of American society. But this raises a fascinating question: How did immigrants from a country facing major economic and political challenges become one of the most highly educated and successful immigrant communities in the United...

A Persian Iran Through the Lens of an American Husband and Father What happens when the world fractures between two countries — and your family stands on both sides of the rupture? When explosions echo in Tehran and you are standing under a peaceful sky in North Carolina, distance is no longer abstract. It is physical. It is political. It is personal. In A Persian Iran, Dr. Eric Infanti offers a powerful braided memoir that moves between intimate family life and the long arc of Persian civilization. Through the eyes of an American husband and father, this book explores what it means to ...

Deportation Theater reveals how immigration politics is engineered spectacle, deliberately manufacturing racism to divide workers, suppress wages, and expand State power - serving a multi-racial billionaire elite - the SWARM - while preventing genuine working-class unity.

Moving to a new country is challenging especially for children learning a new language. If your child feels shy at school, mixes languages, struggles with homework, or says “I don’t like it there,” you are not alone. These experiences are common during the adjustment period. This practical and compassionate guide helps migrant parents understand what is normal, what to expect, and how to support their child with confidence. Inside, you’ll learn: • Why language mixing is natural • How to reduce school and homework stress • Simple role-play techniques to build confidence • How...

En estas páginas, la migración se revela como herida y como espejo social. La migración venezolana que describe Marilú Carranza nace de la tiranía y de la erosión sistemática de derechos, pero también de la búsqueda obstinada de libertad. A través de evidencia, fuentes y mirada humana, la autora explica por qué esta migración no es “una elección” sino una salida forzada para sobrevivir, y cómo la diáspora venezolana transforma a quienes parten y a los países que reciben. El libro examina las olas de salida, la crisis económica y política, y el impacto en trabajo, salud...

The standard accounts of World War Two displacement focus on a handful of well-known episodes: the Holocaust, the German expulsions, the partition of India. This book tells the complete story—all the displaced peoples, in proportion to their actual numbers. What emerges is a radically different picture of the war's human cost: one dominated by China's 95 million displaced, the Soviet Union's massive internal evacuations, and colonial displacements across Africa and Southeast Asia that most Western histories ignore entirely. Across 25 chapters organized in six parts, this proportional ...

Cities all over the world experience large humanitarian influxes, and refugees and citizens alike must navigate the related risks and opportunities. Over the past 25 years, Karen Jacobsen has studied the interaction of refugees and cities and has trained scores of graduate students, many of whom now work with United Nations agencies or humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. Her research team at Tufts and this global network of aid workers give her firsthand knowledge of the impact of forced migration on cities and the lives of refugees living there.