How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

The masterful author crafts a deeply moving new collection.

Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

The Fox News star's formula results in another winning historical read.

Knowing the Score

By David Papineau

Knowing the Score

A Cambridge-trained philosopher ponders the imponderables of athletics.

The Water Kingdom

By Philip Ball

The Water Kingdom

Chronicling the ripples and waves that flow through dynasties.

Tattered Banners: A Life in Imperial Russia

In the first American edition of this 1939 classic, a high-ranking Russian horseman recounts the gruesome tribulations of war and waxes nostalgic for the aristocratic order.

Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

An entertaining, sympathetic glimpse into the life of the under-appreciated genius.

The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home

A visceral tale of the journey to bring our unnamed dead back to U.S. soil following the Great War.

Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-Century New York

A chilling (if disjointed) account of Manhattan's one-time, de-facto penal colony.