A slim volume from the master historian and biographer distills lessons from the lives of nine figures who made history.

At the start of a new year and a new decade, it is both humbling and illuminating to reflect on major global developments that no one saw coming just a few decades ago. For those who grew up during the Cold War or in the ensuing period of American primacy, the economic and geopolitical rise of the developing world must rank high on the list.

Hoover Institution fellow Jack Goldsmith discusses new memoir In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth, which investigates his stepfather’s role in Hoffa’s disappearance.

If you are still in search of the perfect winter break book or podcast, here are a few suggestions from the faculty at Stanford Law School.