End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice

Is the ultimate punishment finally dying?

Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided

The story of the only siblings to serve side-by-side in the controversial conflict.

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

This trip through Balkan culture — past and present — leaves readers with a sense of wonder.

The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992

The famed editor throws major shade at those who've crossed her.

Grant

By Ron Chernow

Grant

An exceptional biography that revises long-held assumptions about the famed general’s life.

Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia

The story of Bali Ha’i, Captain Bligh, and Botany Bay.

Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir

The author’s second memoir searches the imagination with aesthetic, intellectual, and emotional force.

100 Amazing Facts about the Negro

By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

100 Amazing Facts about the Negro

An easy-to-read essay collection that’s far more than a trivia compendium.