Wilfrid Blunt A beautifully illustrated large book recounting dramatic journeys of men who have ventured across Central Asia, including Alexander the Great, Sir Aurel Stein, Hsuantsang, Marco Polo, Kutayba, and...

Kara Cooney Written in the tradition of historians like Mary Beard and Stacy Schiff who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable...

OM Books Find out that the painter of the Mona Lisa was not only an incredible artist, Leonardo da Vinci was also an inventor, scientist, mathematician and engineer. 16 pages,...

OM Books Find out how, as a young man of 25, Michelangelo created the Pieta – a sculpture that still awes everyone who sees it. 16 pages, Paperback Published September...

OM Books Explore Claude Monet’s life and work and his important contributionto one of the world’s most famous art styles – Impressionism. 16 pages, Paperback Published September 10, 2017

OM Books Discover how Pablo Picasso experimented with a number of different styles and created many unique contributions to the world of art. 16 pages, Paperback Published September 10, 2017...

OM Books Discover how the bright and exuberant paintings of Vincent van Gogh are as interesting as the life of this amazing artist. Format 16 pages, Paperback Published September 10,...

John Kenneth GalbraithOf Galbraith's classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse, the Atlantic Monthly said:"Economic writings are seldom notable for their entertainment value, but this book is. Galbraith's prose has...

Samuel Pepys‘With one’s face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops . . .’A selection from Pepys’s startlingly vivid and candid diary. Originally written in...

Peter Hopkirk The "Great Game" was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in...

Thomas Keneally In the 19th century the Irish population was halved. This masterly book traces the three causes of this depletion; first the manine, second the Irish diaspora and the...

Rick BeyerHistory isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to...