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A dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empires The ...

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three ideas dominate the world: peace as the preferred basis for relations between and among different cou...

A small cadre of scientists -- collaborators and competitors -- are determined to develop a vaccine for malaria -- a feat most tropical disease exp...

The untold story of an enigmatic genius who changed warfare forever In the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's grea...

The untold story of an enigmatic genius who changed warfare forever In the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's grea...

America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets. The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in ...

Learn how the most successful businesses are creating value and igniting smart growth in a fast-paced, competitive market.Most businesses today foc...

In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization ...

In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization ...

In this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age “Terrific...

In this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age “Terrific...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journa...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journa...

The story of the Special Forces in World War II has never fully been told before. Information about them began to be declassified only in the 1980s...

Who should count as Jewish in America? What should be the relationship of American Jews to Israel? Can the American Jewish community collectively s...

The "meticulous" (The New Yorker) and "ground-breaking" (The Los Angeles Times) story of a cotton magnate whose voracious appetite for land drove h...

The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their unc...

"The Last Days of Budapest is a masterpiece. Immaculately researched, it is packed with large-than-life characters and revelations about the unknow...

At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But...

A revelatory examination of the global impact of Emmanuel Macron's tumultuous presidency. A political novice leading a brand new party, in 2017 E...

A brilliant analysis of the transition in world economics, finance, and power as the era of globalization ends and gives way to new power centers ...

The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New Yo...

"A groundbreaking exploration of corporate leadership that challenges conventional wisdom."  - Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy Being appointed ...

A new generation of food activists has come to believe that "sustainable farming" and "eating local" are the way to solve a host of perceived probl...