History
Taking Courage: A New Look at an Old American Virtue
Hardback
A highly original and deeply stirring work that rediscovers the true meaning of courage, this time through a passionate reading of history and literature.
Sir Walter Ralegh: The Renaissance Man and His Roles
Paperback
Stephen Greenblatt’s early masterwork on Sir Walter Ralegh’s life as art
The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus
Paperback
A gifted historian presents a definitive book on Christopher Columbus—his life, his legacy and the many controversies that outlived him
Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic
Paperback
From the New York Times best-selling historian, the riveting story of the Weimar Republic—a fledgling democracy beset by chaos and extremism—and its dissolution into the Third Reich.
The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide
Paperback
Howard French’s The Second Emancipation stands the second half of the last century on its geopolitical head.” — David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize