Charles NichollLeonardo da Vinci is the most mysterious of all the great artists, continuing to inspire and intrigue centuries after his death. Who lies behind the legend of the 'Renaissance...

Henri TroyatLeo Tolstoy embodies the most extraordinary contradictions. He was a wealthy aristocrat who preached the virtues of poverty and the peasant life, a misogynist who wrote Anna Karenina, and...

Peter Singer"What binds us pushes time away" wrote David Oppenheim to his future wife, Amalie Pollak, on March 24, 1905. Oppenheim, classical scholar, collaborator, then critic of Sigmund Freud, and...

JL WitterickInspired by a true story, My Mother’s Secret is a captivating and ultimately uplifting tale intertwining the lives of two Jewish families in hiding from the Nazis, a fleeing...

Henry Hemming"A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history. Superbly researched and written with gripping fluency, this lost secret of World War II espionage finally has its expert chronicler."- WILLIAM...

David Herbert DonaldThe year's most important biography -- of a leader who still speaks to our timesIn the bestselling tradition of Truman, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald offers...

The Mezuzah in the Madonnna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews--A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage Trudi Alexy Describes the lives of Jews living in Spain as Catholics.

Lean RabinA major international literary and historic event: the deeply personal remembrances of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by his widow--a singular, intimate portrait of the soldier turned statesman who lived...

Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race   Margot Lee Shetterly   NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture...

Becky Freeman JohnsonIn this gathering of engaging, fun stories about the connection between sisters, beloved humor writer Becky Freeman Johnson reveals why a sister is the gift that keeps on...

Claire TomalinThe tumultuous life of England's greatest novelist, splendidly rendered by literary biographer Claire Tomalin. When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial...

John MinnionHitler's List: An Illustrated Guide to Degenerates: Jews,Bolshevists and Other Undesirable Geniuses