History
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
Paperback
A brilliant narrative history tracing today’s troubles back to the grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the National Book Award
New York Times Bestseller
#1 on Esquire's List of the 50 Best Biographies of All Time
"[A] commanding and important book." —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerReinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet
Paperback
“It has the power to wrench familiar aspects of history into new and surprising shapes.”—Laura Miller, Salon
Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered
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A rich and surprising look at the robust European culture that thrived after the collapse of Rome.
Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950
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"Remarkable…an eye-opening book [on] the freedom struggle that changed the South, the nation, and the world." —Washington Post