The Fall of the House of Dixie is an original take on the Civil War and that critical period in U.S. history. Bruce Levine does not concentrate on battles or politics, but on the aftereffects on the psychology and social fabric of the South.
Eadweard Muybridge is the keystone to Edward Ball's rapturous retelling of a lawless nineteenth-century America, when a robber baron and an eccentric became the unlikely founders of modern cinema.
We aren't what we eat so much as how we eat. Consider the Fork is an anthropological study of how, since the beginning of our existence, humans have turned the necessity of eating into a way of life.
Set in seventeenth-century Japan, David Kirk's book tells the story of Bennosuke, son of a premier warrior, in line to become a great samurai, who, after a shocking event occurs, must confront his destiny.
New York: The Novel begins with the arrival of Dutch settlers in 1664 and ends in 2001 with the World Trade Center attack. Throughout this time, we follow the fictional Master family in New York society and the events that alter history.
Senator Feingold argues that in this post-9/11 era our failure to meet real challenges and tendency toward dumbed-down discourse is leaving us vulnerable to threats abroad and at home. Fortunately, it’s not too late to do something about it.
The author of Don't Play in the Sun discusses the hot topic colorism, how it affected her life, its global impact -- and calls for healing in ourselves and our communities.
Everyone does it, but not everyone talks about it. Some do it alone, some with another person. People do it all different ways. But how often does one peek into the science behind the action? Or, rather, the science under the sheets?
Edmund de Waal, the distinguished English potter and great-grandson of Viktor Ephrussi, takes us on a picaresque journey, back in time and across continents, to uncover the history of his family and the secrets of their fabled netsuke collection.
The author of Sugar in the Blood uses her own family history, from the seventeenth century through the present, as the pivot for an epic tale of migration, settlement, survival, slavery, and the making of the Americas.
The Pinkerton Agency dubbed May Dugas 'the most dangerous woman in the world.' In Maryka Biaggio’s historical novel set in 1917, she imagines the misadventures and international chase for this clever con artist.
Renowned history and travel writer William Dalrymple takes us on a fascinating trip to some of the world's most restrictive countries, from Syria to Iran to China and Turkey, as he recreates Marco Polo's incredible journey across Asia in the thirteenth century.
In Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, we come to understand the magical aura of the Kennedy years’ affinity with Camelot, through the authors’ superb accounting, explanation, and meaning of this national tragedy.
Walter Cronkite reassured millions of Americans each night as he delivered the news. Now Douglas Brinkley uncovers the personal and professional life of “the most trusted man in America,” and in doing so, tells the history of the world.
This biography of General Alex Dumas is packed with adventure and reveals the incredible life that inspired his son, renowned author Alexandre Dumas, to create one of the greatest characters in literature, The Count of Monte Cristo.
A Modern Classic That Endures: Robert Penn Warren's All the King’s Men
Oceans Eleven Comes to the YA Set: Ally Carter's Perfect Scoundrels
Some Heat Before Summer: Long Simmering Spring by Elisabeth Barrett
Mark Bittman's VB6: The Lifestyle Book Everyone's Talking About
Free Will: A Concise Study in Fact vs Illustion
Alice Munro
Barbara Kingsolver
George Saunders
Haruki Murakami
Abigail Pollak
Allyson Pearl
Andrew Agudo
Jen Marshall
Joe Muscolino
Rita D. Jacobs
