History

The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York—that brash, bold, archetypal city—came to be.   In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on...

Part history, part legend, this is the story of Sundiata Keita: the heroic figure who founded the empire of Mali. A thirteenth-century oral epic, Sundiata sees the full-length tale captured in print for the first time. This is Sundiata, the epic tale of...

The Mayans have long fascinated modern readers with their complex written language, sophisticated mathematics, and advanced astronomy. In Guatemala in 1558, a young Mayan K’iche’ man transcribed what he called a sacred book that “we can...

Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer–an American original whose gentle Join-Up® training method reveals the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been...

A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020.Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society.“A master class on how the world works.” —NPR.Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global...

An NPR Best Book of 2024. A Sports Illustrated Best Book of 2024. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Wall Street Journal reporters and authors of The Club, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America,...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year.A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge...

Named One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year.A vivid account of the past, present, and future of economic growth, showing how and why we must continue to pursue it while responding to the challenges it creates.Over the past two centuries,...

A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-garde. More than 250 color photos.

An unforgettable and artful memoir, history and love story from a Palestinian man imprisoned for over 30 years. Longlisted for the National Book Award.A passionate prison memoir from a Palestinian man incarcerated for over 30 years in an Israeli...

An examination of the relation between war and politics, by one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. From 1971 until 1984 at the Collège de France, Michel Foucault gave a series of lectures ranging freely and conversationally...

Michel Foucault was one of the most influential philosophical thinkers in the contemporary world, someone whose work has affected the teaching of half a dozen disciplines ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. But of his many...

Aesthetics, the second volume of the complete collection of Michel Foucault's courses, articles and interviews, focuses on the philosophy, literature and art which informed his engagement with ethics and power, including brilliant commentaries on the...

Jan Karski’s Story of a Secret State stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first...

War dives into our present day — one of the most tumultuous and pivotal periods in presidential politics, American history and the future of world diplomacy.Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller.Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the...

Deeply and darkly compelling, this is a comprehensive look at the evils of the Zodiac killer, as told by a Bay Area journalist who’s been covering the case for decades. If you or someone you know is a serial killer aficionado, this is the read for...

The story of Messalina – third wife of the emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman worldThe image of the empress Messalina as a ruthless, sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work of Roman...

The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. ‘Engaging and wide-ranging … The Age of Cats is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that...

Josephine Quinn wants us to understand that Rome wasn’t built in a day — and neither was the West. Sharp and fascinating, this is a detailed history of our world.n award-winning Oxford history professor “makes a forceful argument and...

A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power. The Civil War is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican...