History
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Paperback
An outstanding new edition of Plutarch, the inventor of biography, focused on five lives that remade the Roman world.
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Hardback
A New York Times Bestseller • A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2024
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.
Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
Paperback
The first biography of Alaric to appear in English tells the history of the fourth-and fifth-century Roman Empire through the life of the Goth who attacked it.
Alexander the Great
Paperback
Here is one of the great biographies of Alexander, in its original form, brought fully up to date with findings of modern research and criticism.
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
Paperback
A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!