A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts
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The history of a small part of the Scramble for Africa
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A Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis
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The story of Mount Rushmore and the people behind its creation
Read MoreThe Romans by Edward Watts
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A new one-volume history of Rome, from Romulus and Remus to the fall of Constantinople
Read MoreThe Monsters We Make by Rachel Corbett
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An insightful if slightly uneven look at serial killers and their analysts
Read MoreThe Blood in Winter by Jonathan Healey
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A dramatic account of the run-up to the English Civil War
Read MoreThe Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus by Matthew Restall
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A prismatic new look at Columbus the man and Columbiana the legends.
Read MoreNemesis by Catherine Hanley
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A new biography of the French king who fought with Plantagenets his whole life
Read MoreThe Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City by Henry Sapoznik
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A cultural history of New York Jewish culture and commerce.
Read MoreClodia of Rome by Douglas Boin
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A game new biography of the Roman Republic’s infamous Clodia
Read MoreRedemption: MacArthur and the Campaign for the Philippines by Peter Mansoor
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A new assessment of the controversial WWII general
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Plato and the Tyrant by James Romm
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A new study of Plato’s relationship with the ruler he attempted to instruct.
Read MoreThe Price of Victory by N. A. M. Rodger
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The author’s monumental three-volume history of the British Navy concludes
Read MorePompey the Great by Lee Frantanuono
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A new biography of ancient Rome’s famed military wunderkind
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Forgotten Vikings by Alex Harvey
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A new book excavates the kinder, gentler side of Vikings
Read MoreInventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer
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A big and decidedly unconventional history of the Renaissance’s darker sides
Read MoreInside the Stargazer's Palace by Violet Moller
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A lively, personality-driven history of the birth of science
Read MoreThe Franklin Stove by Joyce E. Chaplin
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A history of the broader context of Benjamin Franklin’s famous invention
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