History
The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
Paperback
A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease.
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
Paperback
Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Her legend still lives, but her story was lost—until now.
In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"
Hardback
A two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist’s investigation of the "deep state".
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Hardback
The basis of a major PBS documentary by Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns (first airing: October 13, 2020 at 9PM ET), this revelatory history shows how the automobile fundamentally changed African American life.
Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
Hardback
The first major history of Germany in a generation, a work that presents a five-hundred-year narrative that challenges our traditional perceptions of Germany’s conflicted past.