History
Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
Paperback
A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how and why
Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
Hardback
The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb and went with us to the moon—and the mathematicians, designers and inventors who brought it to life
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Paperback
Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independence
American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs
Hardback
The epic road trips—and surprising friendship—of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age
Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
Paperback
The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters (ISBN 978 1 63149 622 6) reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War