History
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-century America
Paperback
“There is Life on the Planet Mars” — The New York Times, December 9, 1906
Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
Paperback
A rare biographical portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested amidst a bloody civil war
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
Paperback
A revelatory account of the wave of arson-for-profit that hit American cities in the 1970s, and of the tenants who put out the fires and reclaimed their neighbourhoods
Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher: The Story of an American Civil Rights Pioneer
Hardback
“Mahalia Jackson was the greatest gospel singer of her time and an overlooked leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Her voice seemed born of heaven.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza
Hardback
A powerful and authoritative account of how the Biden administration fuelled bloodshed in Gaza, from an award-winning foreign affairs journalist