From traffic lights to manhole covers and city monuments, this book reveals the ways in which design brings clarity to the chaos of modern life.
Truth Bomb is an invaluable resource for anyone with creative inclinations. From start to finish, it’s a spirited homage to the artistic life.
Whether you’re a history buff, an outdoor enthusiast or both, America’s National Historic Trails offers a wealth of touring possibilities.
The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel Wells is an eye-opening history of antebellum New York’s dirtiest secrets.
Film historian Scott Eyman takes a fresh look at a movie legend in the sparkling biography Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise.
A Walk Around the Block succeeds in making the mundane fascinating, opening our minds (and front doors) to an everyday world easily taken for granted.
Keep a copy of The Backyard Birdwatcher’s Bible close at hand, and you’ll be more than ready to identify your own winged guests.
Open Studio shows that getting creative is easy—especially when you can take cues from world-class artists.
In precise yet passionate prose, Delphine Minoui tells this remarkable story of a group of book-rescuing rebels under siege in Syria.
In The Woman Who Stole Vermeer, Anthony M. Amore expertly combines extraordinary history with gripping true crime.
The most illuminating parts of The Sediments of Time recount the years Meave Leakey spent hunting for the fossilized remains of our species’ precursors.
For decades, rumors suggested that a Harvard archeology professor had killed his student. Becky Cooper finally decided to find out.
In Magic: A History, Oxford professor of archaeology Chris Gosden treats readers to a history of humanity through the lens of magic.
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