History
In the Shadows of Paris: The Nazi Concentration Camp that Dimmed the City of Light
Hardback
“In her deeply affecting memoir, Sinclair brilliantly captures what her grandfather endured at Royallieu-Compiègne….[and] reminds us of how little time is left to gather every one of these sacred stories.”—Jewish Book Council, in recognition as a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years
Paperback
The 30th-anniversary edition of a historical account, called “brilliantly original” by Katha Pollitt (The Washington Post Book World), that reframed our understanding of women’s lives in early societies
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
Hardback
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 Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
Hardback
A sweeping history of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America
American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873
Hardback
A Pulitzer Prize winner's masterful history of the American Civil War and its reverberations across the continent