History
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria
Hardback
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018
This astonishing book by the prize-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid tells the tragedy of the Syrian War through the dramatic stories of four young people seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country.
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.
Why?: Explaining the Holocaust
Paperback
A bold exploration of the Holocaust by a pre-eminent scholar in the field.
The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond
Paperback
A blend of contemporary travelogue and historical narrative about the Alps from "a graceful and passionate writer" (The Washington Post).
The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
Hardback
Amid the devastation of war rise the first stirrings of freedom in this absorbing, ground-level narrative by an acclaimed historian.