History

Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series.  After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander...

One of the greatest true-life adventure stories ever recorded, this ancient classic—also known as The March of the Ten Thousand or The March Up Country—is now brought to life in a newly translated, definitive edition that features copious...

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on...

National Book Award winner Timothy Egan takes us back to Jazz Age America to deliver a true story of an American woman shutting down a con man's plans. This is a smart, entertaining read for fans of David Grann and Erik Larson.NEW YORK TIMES...

Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with...

A profound and ground-breaking approach to one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.Traditional interpretations of the British Empire’s emerging success and...

"The best modern account" (Wall Street Journal) of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I. Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling...

AN ECONOMIST AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.Best Books of 2023: New Yorker, The Economist, Smithsonian.Most Anticipated Books of Fall: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TODAY, Literary Hub, and Publishers Weekly."A vivid way to re-examine what we know, and...

Sisterhood is here to remind readers about the incredible women who dedicated their lives to the craft of espionage since the founding of the CIA in 1947. The is the history of the CIA from the lens of the women who have been at its forefront.A...

History that parallels the real world in the most harrowing ways. This is the story of deepening inequality, the plight of the working poor and the battle for freedom of speech, only it all takes place in 1848. Detailing the key characters and bringing...

An unprecedented new look at America’s invasion of Iraq, The Achilles Trap includes sources never before published, including exclusive interviews, transcripts and audio files from Saddam Hussein himself.“Excellent . . . A more intimate...

“Our Enemies Will Vanish achieves the highest level of war reporting: a tough, detailed account that nevertheless reads like a great novel. One is reminded of Michael Herr's Dispatches . . . Frankly, it's what we have all aspired to. I did not...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for...

When two investigative journalists from the New York Times started their probe of McKinsey and Co., they knew it wouldn't be easy due to the company's veil of secrecy. But they persevered, and this important work is the result.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...

The magnitudes of modern chaos need to be contextualized, and that is exactly what Michiko Kakutani does in The Great Wave. With parallels to the Black Plague and the 1960s, this is a zoomed-out look at what we’re facing and a hopeful insight into...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Best Book of the Year Award in 2011.A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities.America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're...

David Graeber and David Wengrow, an anthropologist and an archaelologist, join forces to dig deep and long through 30,000 years of human history, looking to explain anew who we are and how we got from there to here. Immersive, commanding and incendiary,...

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!Ryan Holiday's bestselling trilogy--The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key--captivated professional athletes, CEOs, politicians, and entrepreneurs and...

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a bold and brave life. In this much-anticipated second book of his Stoic...