In her enlightening and elegantly written Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet compares popular myths about World War II to the brutal facts of war.
In a conversational, accessible tone, Edward Dolnick draws readers into the dazzling intellectual mystery of the Rosetta stone.
In a conversational, accessible tone, Edward Dolnick draws readers into the dazzling intellectual mystery of the Rosetta stone.
Historian Alex von Tunzelmann examines 12 different case histories of statues from around the world that fell (literally) out of favor.
With fast-paced storytelling, Dan Jones introduces the kings, philosophers, clerics, bankers, theologians, scientists and navigators who defined the Middle Ages.
Patented: 1,000 Design Patents is thicker than an old phone book but much more fun to thumb through.
The 1619 Project is a visionary work that casts a sweeping, introspective eye upon what many have so aptly termed the country’s original sin.
Major League fans, you just won the lottery. In his new book, noted sportswriter Joe Posnanski presents 880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.
Presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, this is a distressing yet essential, enlightening read.
Medieval historian Cait Stevenson straddles the worlds of scholarly and popular history, and her fervor is contagious in How to Slay a Dragon.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph J. Ellis superbly captures the issues, personalities and events of the American Revolution in The Cause.
Marc Hartzman gives a lighthearted account of ghostly legends, haunted houses and other unearthly visits from beyond the grave.
Journalist Tom Roston outlines the story behind Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five, and the wartime trauma that inspired it.
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