History
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
Hardback
Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich
Paperback
"In every way, A Most Dangerous Book is a most brilliant achievement." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams
Paperback
Winner of a National Jewish Book Award
"Fascinating.…A humane and tragic survey of a great and tragic subject." —Jan Morris, Literary Review
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution
Hardback
A masterful account of the Civil War's turning point in the tradition of James McPherson's Crossroads of Freedom.
Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age
Paperback
“A superb account of the rise of modern broadcasting.” —Financial Times