fondly remembering that time when I just got my green card a few years ago and thought "hey let's learn a bit about the history of the US", went to a barnes and noble, and asked for a history book, explaining my situation; and the person there went "hmm do you want an actual history book or do you want to pass the citizenship test" and I was like "??? I guess I want a real history book?? what does that mean" so they gave me A People's History of the US and it was pretty good