A New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich" (Washington Post). The Nazi regime preached an...
The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre,...
*NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* A Toronto Star Bestselling Book of the Year "Witty and entertaining. "--Sarah Knight "Laugh-out-loud. "--Steve Brusatte AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH...
This New York Times bestseller "elegantly weaves evidence and insights ... into a single, accessible historical narrative" (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe...
The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians...
A New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U. S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous...
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam -- the sword and scimitar -- have clashed...
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899,...
"An enthralling story ... A work of history that reads like a novel. " -- Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured...
COSTA BOOK AWARD WINNER: BOOK OF THE YEAR - #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER"Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us--as...
"A superb study of modern combat man, and his relationship to death, and his thoughts about it. " --Chicago Sunday TribuneSelected for the 2019 Commandant's Professional Reading List...
Scipio Africanus (236-183 B. C. ) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived...
"Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done... great fun to read. " -- New York Times Book ReviewA fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the...
"As exciting and readable an account as you could wish. " -- The Guardian "Fascinating. " - Bill Bryson The Black Death vividly and comprehensively brings to light the full horror of...
This classic bestseller -- the inspiration for the PBS series -- is an "illuminating and even inspiring" portrait of medieval Spain that explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews,...
It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists,...
The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal--and forgotten--massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II, "piecing...
America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation's birth, 1776,...
Now in paperback, a literary time machine that takes readers into the sights, smells, and tastes of the fourteenth century--a book that is revolutionary in its concept and startling...
Experience "one of the best adventure books ever written" (Wall Street Journal) in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt...
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