History
Egg: A Dozen Ovatures
Paperback
An unconventional history of the world’s largest cellular workhorse, from chickens to penguins, from art to crime and more
American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
Hardback
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
Paperback
A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women’s beauty, sexuality and behaviour
The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction
Paperback
A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge—and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later
The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Paperback
Robert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson