History
Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Paperback
Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War
Paperback
“Superbly entertaining.”—S. C. Gwynne, best-selling author of Empire of the Summer Moon
Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Independence, 1755–1783
Hardback
The American Revolution's progress shown in 60 spectacular contemporary maps.
Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century
Hardback
Skirting the law once defined America’s relation to the world.
Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature
Paperback
"Splendid…[Darnton gives] us vivid, hard-won detail, illuminating narrative, and subtle, original insight." —Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of Books