Bryan Burrough and John HelyarOver six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Barbarians at the Gate is the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history....

Russell MartinBeethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery SolvedThe basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its...

Edmund MorrisPulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Dutch) is one of America’s most distinguished biographers, known for his rich, compulsively readable prose style. His...

Katherine Boo In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families...

Pavan K VarmaMisconceptions about India and Indians abound, fed by the stereotypes created by foreigners, and the myths about themselves projected by Indians. In Being Indian, Pavan K.Varma demolishes these...

Peter and Connie Roop Presents a biography of the noted statesman and inventor, featuring excerpts from his letters, pamphlets, essays, scientific papers, and autobiography. January 1, 2001 by Scholastic Reference...

Oliver HilmesThis short book takes us through the sixteen days in August 1936 when the Olympic Games were staged in Berlin. With a chapter dedicated to each day, it describes...

Ta-Nehisi Coates In the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the story of race and America has remained a brutally...

CLR JamesBeyond A Boundary(The C. L. R. James Archives)Great claims have been made for [Beyond a Boundary] since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book...

Roger KahnSpanning half a century, the first comprehensive anthology of the great Roger Kahn's writing, for a new generation of sports fansRoger Kahn, author of 19 books including the modern...

Glenn Frankel Glenn Frankel, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work as The Washington Post 's Jerusalem bureau chief, pulls no punches in this thorough exploration of the birth...

Mark UrbanBig Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRAIn this book, defence specialist and war correspondent Mark Urban explores covert operations against the IRA from the...