The Death of Hitler by Jean-Christophe Brisard & Lana Parshina
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Access to previously unseen Soviet archives and cutting-edge forensics reveals a dramatic new account of the final days in Hitler's bunker.
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Pay No Heed to the Rockets by Marcello Di Cintio
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A political-literary travelogue viewing the Palestinian experience through the lens of authors, books, and literature.
Read MorePandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold
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The story of a catastrophe that changed the nature of an entire generation.
Read MoreThe King’s Assassin by Benjamin Woolley
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Research reveals new details about the conspiracy to kill King James I by the Duke of Buckingham
Read MoreThe Husband Hunters by Anne De Courcy
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De Courcy captures a great deal of the sad romance and sharp wit of the Gilded Age in these pages.
Read MoreThe Viking Wars by Max Adams
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Adams has written a lively-yet-scholarly modern epic history the tale deserves.
Read MoreChesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift
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The chronicle of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay that is slowly disappearing.
Read MoreRome Resurgent by Peter Heather
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Heather explores which historical characterization of the era makes more sense: was Justinian a “romantic visionary” or a self-deluded crackpot?
Read MoreIndianapolis by Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic
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This book is the most emphatic statement of Charles McVay's case ever made.
Read MoreThe Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell
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The author explores how the Habsburgs succeeded by developing strategies using only the limited tools at their disposal.
Read MoreThe Promise of the Grand Canyon by John F. Ross
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This books stands out from other accounts of Powell’s expeditions by emphasizing the ecological ramifications of his discoveries.
Read MoreWorld War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig Symonds
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This maritime history of WWII combines a monumental amount of detailed scholarship and compelling storytelling from the first page to the last.
Read MoreFirst in Line by Kate Andersen Brower
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An engaging run-down of what is in many ways the least-enviable job in America.
Read MoreChristianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History by Brian Stanley
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Stanley's arguments are based on wide-ranging research, and his prose is clear.
Read MoreLaughing Shall I Die by Tom Shippey
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The author uncovers the fierce death-cult intensity that enabled these roving bands of sea-warriors to terrorize vast swaths of Europe.
Read MoreThe Secret Token by Andrew Lawler
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A new understanding of how this colony’s disappearance continues to define–and divide–America.
Read MoreHow Democracy Ends by David Runciman
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The author examines the past, present, and future of what is now an endangered political philosophy.
Read MoreChernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy
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Plokhy's new history gives us as much about the Chernobyl disaster as we're ever likely to know.
Read MoreWhen the Center Held by Donald Rumsfeld
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This biography is based in large part on the thousands of memoranda Rumsfeld took in real time as the Ford administration was unfolding.
Read MoreUniverse in Creation by Roy R. Gould
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The author argues that the universe is no random accident; rather, it is working purposefully to extract order from chaos.
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