📚 The past, present, and everything we argue about on the internet.
From revolutions to revelations, these books decode society’s tangled mess with insight, wit, and maybe a conspiracy theory or two.
A “provocative, colloquial and entertaining” (Carolyne Larrington, Times Literary Supplement) exploration of medieval thinking about women’s beauty, sexuality, and behavior.“A timely corrective…Ms. Janega’s witty but merciless dissection of medieval misogyny is a...
“A magisterial narrative history. Brilliantly recaptures the hopes, illusions, fears, suspicions, frustrations, and disappointments of these tumultuous years” (Los Angeles Times) during the Vietnam War. *Winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius J. Ryan Award for...
Uncover the mysteries of the past with this exciting, comprehensive guide on world history.History books are often filled with long descriptions, complex facts, and stories that can bore even the most enthusiastic history buffs. In World History 101 you’ll skip those...
With this brilliantly innovative book, reissued for the one-hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker have shown that the Great War was the matrix from which all subsequent disasters of the twentieth...
“Clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist; readers will be engaged and entertained to the very end." (Booklist)This wildly entertaining new history of Rome uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world, from the acclaimed author of A Fatal...
*The Instant New York Times Bestseller*“A book historians will relish.”—Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal"Must read. I've read every book about the Trump presidency. This is the best."—Bill PressAn account like no other, from the White House reporter who has known...
"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy...
This fascinating history of socialism is “a chilling reminder of how much rich American history has been erased by shallow messaging” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine).During the Cold War, it became a dirty word in the United States, but “socialism” runs...
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The “compelling,” untold story of the man who captured and brought to trial Rudolf Höss—one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals and subject of the Oscar-nominated film The Zone of Interest—“fascinates and shocks” (The Washington...