Bismarck's War by Rachel Chrastil
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A gripping new history of the Franco-Prussian War.
Read MoreDominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland
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Holland traces the insatiable growth and development of Christianity through all its major stages and locations.
Read MoreDreams of El Dorado by H. W. Brands
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A broad overview of a complex subject that doesn’t disintegrate into a mélange of disconnected anecdotes.
Read MoreIn Search of the Canary Tree by Lauren E. Oakes
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Oakes takes us along as she and her team fight the damp and cold of the Alaskan wilderness to gather data.
Read MoreNever Home Alone by Rob Dunn
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The revelation – thrilling and unsettling in equal measure – that the plain old precincts of our homes are alien wonderlands of the exotic and the unexpected.
Read MoreNapoleon: A Life by Adam Zamoyski
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Eloquent and accomplished historian Adam Zamoyski does little to debunk the Bonaparte myth.
Read MoreSons of Freedom by Geoffrey Wawro
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A methodical and utterly convincing account of the role of America played in the outcome of World War I.
Read MoreSleepyhead by Henry Nicholls
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Science writer Henry Nicholls pens a charming account of his efforts to uncover the secrets of a good night’s sleep.
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 MoreWhat is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker
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Becker's book takes readers through epic discoveries and disagreements in physics.
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