History

Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this “beautiful question.” With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and...

For music nerds, there’s a slew of behind-the-scenes documentaries and podcasts. The Sinner and the Saint is Kevin Birmingham’s literature AND true-crime version of that. Here is Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. All that went into the making of and...

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.She...

(Available after 14-30 days) A Penguin Classic“Age can never dull this kind of writing,” writes the Chicago Tribune of John Steinbeck’s dispatches from World War II, filed for the New York Herald Tribune in 1943, which vividly captured the human side of...

Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize • Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography AwardShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award • Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction • Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • “A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller.”—Orlando Sentinel The gripping true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France as a resolute knight defends his...

A Guardian Best Book of the Year“A gripping study of white power…Explosive.”—New York Times“Helps explain how we got to today’s alt-right.”—Terry Gross, Fresh AirThe white power movement in America wants a revolution.Returning to a country ripped apart...

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**"John Brennan is one of the hardest-working, most patriotic public servants I've ever seen, and our country is better off for it. As president, he was one of my closest advisors and a great friend. And in his...

A kaleidoscopic account of the financial carnage of the pandemic, revealing the fear, grit, and gambles that drove the economy’s winners and losers—from a leading business reporter“A true masterwork . . . perceptive, well researched, and captivating...

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher AnaximanderOver two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology,...

The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. 'This is Sparta!', bellows Leonidas on...

Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR’s closest advisor during World War II and, according to Life,...

A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women’s exercise culture—from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda—and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power.For much of the...

“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden FiguresThe remarkable,...

(Availabe after July 30th, 2023)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the...

"[A] narrative of unfathomable courage" —Wall Street JournalThe Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day...

The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Chanel.   Bringing to life the story and designs of Gabrielle Chanel, the most influential couturière in the...

A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund    The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives...

(Available after 3-20 days) Acclaimed journalists James Stewart and Rachel Abrams have written the definitive account of Paramount and the Redstone family. There's enough drama here for a hit show or movie, with all the generous helpings of money, greed...

(Available after April 30th, 2023) Empress of the Nile is the riveting story of a true-life action heroine, one seemingly unafraid to turn down a fight for a noble cause; it's the story of an archaeologist who joined the Resistance, survived the Nazis...