History
The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein
Paperback
Saddam Hussein is high on America's enemies list—but does an Iraq without him hold the seeds of the next Yugoslavia?
Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present
Hardback
"Flayhart delivers a gripping chronicle of mishap and mayhem . . . filled with danger and heroism and rich with detail."—Sea Power
Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years
Paperback
"Elegant prose, devastating insight and a keen historical perspective."—Cleveland Plain Dealer
Heart of Oak: A Sailor's Life in Nelson's Navy
Hardback
From tar-ladles and snuff-boxes to sailmaker's fids and carronades: a gorgeous photographic essay onthe nautical worlds of Jack Aubrey.
The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance
Paperback
An irreverent survey in comics spanning world history from the birth of Islam to the Byzantine Empire to the Italian Renaissance.