History
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
Hardback
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
Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution
Hardback
A lively dual biography of the two great English orators of the eighteenth century, who cultivated a friendship across their political differences
A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom
Paperback
The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light
The Outward Path: The Wisdom of the Aztecs
Hardback
A practical and eye-opening guide to the Aztec philosophy on how to live
White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Paperback
A generational work with far-reaching social and political implications