History

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil...

Few people have left as profound an impact on the world of science as Marie Curie, and she did it in two different fields. This history examines her life from top to bottom, both in terms of her contributions to modern science, and in terms of who she...

From Cassandra to Penelope, classicist Emily Hauser reveals the true stories behind the women in the background of the great Homeric epics in this page-turning and vital slice of ancient history. Award-winning classicist and historian Emily Hauser...

America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today.“Isaacson uses...

George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. 'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the...

'[He] inspired a generation ... He changed the course of history' -- Barack Obama.As Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his best-known lectures...

An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian RevolutionAn American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed's...

A heartbreaking and harrowing true story that puts a spotlight on the tragic events aboard the ill-fated ship. Told with verve and veracity, this is history that makes a difference. "A book of great importance and one that will likely become a classic...

Humanity’s earliest efforts at recording and drawing meaning from history reveal how lives millennia ago were not so different from our own.   Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing...

In these delightful, melancholy prose sketches Maeve Brennan goes in pursuit of the ordinary, taking us on a tour of the cheap hotels, unassuming restaurants, and crowded streets of New York City. Brennan presents herself as the long-winded lady,...

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny.Timothy...

This is the story of the fall of an Empire – and the rise of another.Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Professor Alice Roberts takes us on a gripping investigative journey. From a secluded valley in...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | USA TODAY BESTSELLER   LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER  J.P. MORGAN NEXTLIST SELECTIONIn his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount “a...

The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War—now a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James “Exceptional . . . worthy addition to...

One of the great minds of our time – Malcolm Gladwell – follows up his sensational book The Tipping Point by revisiting the subject matter with a modern lens, dissecting what it is that pushes society over the edge, and what role...

As human presence in space feels closer than ever, a lot of questions arise. Brimming with valuable insights, humor and witty commentary, this is the perfect read for starry-eyed earthlings pondering our existence across the universe. * THE...

An urgent manifesto to defeat authoritarianism, by one of the world’s great progressive voices. Today, the USA is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires. As inequalities grow starker and authoritarianism takes...

A heartbreaking and harrowing true story that puts a spotlight on the tragic events aboard the ill-fated ship. Told with verve and veracity, this is history that makes a difference."A book of great importance and one that will likely become a classic."...

What's the first thing you think of when you think of our planet? Be prepared to reconsider everything you think, know or believe to be true, thanks to this engaging and thoughtful new look at our world.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A vivid...

Originally published in 2004 and updated in 2016, this beacon of positivity and possibility remains as relevant as ever, urging readers eschew despair and strive for forward movement, however small.“No writer has better understood the mix of fear...