History
The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
Paperback
A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2019
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020
“An urgent book.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
Hardback
A fascinating look at four of the most spectacular cities in human history—and why they were all abandoned.
They Will Have to Die Now: Mosul and the Fall of the Caliphate
Paperback
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2019
“It’s a small miracle that a writer as good as James Verini witnessed the battle of Mosul.… It will take its place among the very best war writing of the past two decades.” —George Packer
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
Hardback
Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the American Civil War and their enduring legacy.
The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
Hardback
An award-winning scholar uncovers the guiding principles of Lincoln’s antislavery strategies.