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Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
By Alexandre Montagu and David Bellos
An astute survey of ever-evolving proprietorship laws.
Personality and Power
By Ian Kershaw
Assessing a dozen leaders’ pivotal (or not-so-pivotal) impact on the world.
By the Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England
By Jessica Marie Otis
Why ditching the tally sticks was such a bold step forward.
The Convoy: HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler’s U-Boats
By Angus Konstam
How a Liverpool-bound British flotilla outmaneuvered Nazi subs.
The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa
A fake aristocrat offered real salvation in WWII.
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By James Holland
This illuminating account of a storied invasion fills in the gaps between strategy and reality.
American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa
By Arwen P. Mohun
King Leopold didn’t exploit the Congo all by himself.
The Edge of the Plain
By James Crawford
A look at lines from both sides now.
