History

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
Hardback
The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb and went with us to the moon—and the mathematicians, designers and inventors who brought it to life

A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945–1955
Paperback
A harrowing history of the conflicts that swept Asia during the decade following the Second World War—and determined the fate of the continent

The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
Paperback
A gripping narrative of a fearless paleontologist, the founding of America’s most loved museums, and the race to find the largest dinosaurs on record.

American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs
Hardback
The epic road trips—and surprising friendship—of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
Paperback
The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters (ISBN 978 1 63149 622 6) reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War


