History
Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
Hardback
New York Times Bestseller
"A poignant, fascinating story, bringing to life the soldier-scholars who saved Italy's treasures."—Evan Thomas, best-selling author of Ike’s Bluff and Sea of Thunder
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Hardback
The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013
On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht comes this untold story of a teenager whose act of defiance would have dire international consequences.
Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner
Paperback
"Catnip to the ship’s dedicated buffs." —Publishers Weekly
After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Hardback
The most important historical and journalistic portrait to date of a nation whose destiny will determine the fate of a continent.
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865
Hardback
A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery.