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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK...
A combat narrative of suffering and heroism and a rare eye-level account of World War I—"One of the best. Nelson is an excellent stylist . . .he knows how to tell a story with a capital 'S.'" —Star Tribune"[Never before] has an American nonfiction writer reached into...
Now in one volume: the three-part autobiography from the National Book Award–winning author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. The former CBS foreign correspondent and historian provides an invaluable look back at his life—and the events that forged the...
From George Washington to Donald Trump, an entertaining and educational overview of the chief executives of the United States. The highest office of our country has been a challenging one to occupy, from the days of a newly founded nation to the global power seat it...
From a National Book Award winner: "A Short History of the United States may be brief, but it is wise, eloquent, and authoritative." —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American...
In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors"Once again, Brown brings Viking history to vivid, unexpected life—and in the process, turns...
IS CAPITALISM STILL A VIABLE SYSTEM? A bestselling author explores its unsolvable environmental and social problems in this “bold, much-needed” argument for a new path forward (Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost). In the vein of his bestseller, Four...
From the author of End TimesIn War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history. Turchin argues that the key to the formation of an empire is a society’s capacity for...
A riveting and comprehensive account of the Battle of Anzio and the Alamo-like stand of American and British troops that turned certain defeat into victoryThe four-month-long 1944 battle on Italy's coast, south of Rome, was one of World War II's longest and bloodiest...
A "New & Noteworthy" selection of The New York Times Book Review"Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history."—Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci"[A]n irresistible human story. . . . Clark's voice is...