History
The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
Hardback
An award-winning historian illuminates the strategy for ending slavery that precipitated the crisis of civil war.
The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America
Hardback
How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation.
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
Paperback
“A powerful argument, swept along by Katznelson’s robust prose and the imposing scholarship that lies behind it.”—Kevin Boyle, New York Times Book Review
The Kennan Diaries
Hardback
A landmark collection, spanning ninety years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most famous diplomat.
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Paperback
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
"Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger." —Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal