Norman Schwarzkopf He set his star by a simple motto: duty, honor, country. Only rarely does history grant a single individual the ability, personal charisma, moral  force, and intelligence to command the respect,  admiration,...

Susan Jacoby Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon—one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular...

Rabbi Marc Schneier Many people are familiar with the story of Jewish support for the American civil rights movement, but this history has another side--one that has not been fully...

Carolyn Howitt Relax – the experts at the British Museum have sifted out all the best bits of ancient history into one essential, easy-to-read book. You’ll never again be short...

Steven Johnson Korean edition of HOW WE GOT TO NOW: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson. From the New York Timesbestselling author of Where Good Ideas...

David Rohl A Test of Time presents the most remarkable understanding of the Bible since archaeologists first began to recover the wonders of ancient times.Egyptologist and ancient historian David Rohl has...

Andrew Lownie The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamour and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth...

Brian Lamb American history is shaped by great and small events, and in recent years a generation of writers has brought these events to life. They have shared these stories...

Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin In 1992 the British Secret Intelligence Service exfiltrated from Russia a defector whose presence in the West has remained secret until the publication of his...

HW Brands From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy RooseveltLauded as "a rip-roaring life" ( Wall Street Journal ), TR is a magisterial biography...

Noah Andre Trudeau America's Civil War raged for more than four years, the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 continue to fascinate, appall, and inspire...

Stephen W Sears The Battle of Antietam was pivotal to the course of the war. The author used newly discovered diaries and other documents to give a vivid picture this...