"If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future" von Jill Lepore ist eine historische Analyse der Simulmatics Corporation, einem weitgehend vergessenen Unternehmen der 1960er Jahre, das als Vorläufer heutiger Datenanalyse-...

A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of Wonder Woman, one of the world's most iconic superheroes, hides within it a fascinating family story-and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism Harvard...

Winner of the Bancroft Prize King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war-colonists against Indians-that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history. Some even argued that the...

"Jill Lepore is a national treasure. There is no other writer so at home both as a trenchant scholar of American history and as an on-the-scene observer of our present-day follies. She etches the connection between past and present with...

"1964: Eyes of the Storm: Paul McCartney" von Jill Lepore ist ein faszinierendes Buch, das einen einzigartigen Einblick in das Jahr 1964 bietet, als die Beatles weltweite Berühmtheit erlangten. Im Mittelpunkt steht Paul McCartney, und...

An investigation into the origins of comic book heroine Wonder Woman, who emerged in 1941 from the imagination of William Moulton Marston. Lepore argues that Wonder Woman is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women's...

The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths", Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes...

Picked as a Bill Clinton Book of 2019'Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style' Amanda Foreman'A thoughtful and passionate defence of her vision of American patriotism' New York Times von Lepore,...

The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths", Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes...

Radio 4's Book of the WeekA Financial Times Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award 'The story of the original data science hucksters of the...

"The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death" von Jill Lepore ist eine faszinierende Untersuchung der Geschichte der menschlichen Lebensphasen. Lepore erforscht, wie wir im Laufe der Zeit das Konzept von Leben und Tod...

The Simulmatics Corporation, launched during the Cold War, mined data, targeted voters, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge-decades before Facebook, Google, and Cambridge Analytica. Jill Lepore,...