History
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
Paperback
American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back
The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus
Hardback
A gifted historian presents a definitive book on Christopher Columbus—his life, his legacy and the many controversies that outlived him
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
Hardback
A revelatory account of the wave of arson-for-profit that hit American cities in the 1970s, and of the tenants who put out the fires and reclaimed their neighbourhoods
Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution
Hardback
A lively dual biography of the two great English orators of the eighteenth century, who cultivated a friendship across their political differences
A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom
Paperback
The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light