History

The Story of the Shakers
Revised Edition
Paperback
Featuring a new introduction, a compassionate look at a religious movement that shaped America.

Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Paperback
Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.

Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War
Paperback
“Superbly entertaining.”—S. C. Gwynne, best-selling author of Empire of the Summer Moon

Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Independence, 1755–1783
Hardback
The American Revolution's progress shown in 60 spectacular contemporary maps.

Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century
Hardback
Skirting the law once defined America’s relation to the world.


