Nonfiction
The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj
There was a time when the mention of India, and specifically England’s administration of the Subcontinent, was a matter of…
Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-42
The Flying Tigers, the nickname of the fighter pilots of the American Volunteer Group serving in China and Burma against…
The Case of Abraham Lincoln: Story of Adultery, Murder and the Making of a Great President
In 1856, Springfield, Illinois, is abuzz. One of its citizens, a prosperous blacksmith named George Anderson, has been murdered—and the…
Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won One War and Began Another
It took a global cataclysm to put Winston Churchill on the same side of the table as Joseph Stalin, and…
The Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of the First English Colony in the New World
Released to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Jamestown’s founding, The Sea Venture provides an informative and dramatic account of…
The House The Rockefellers Built: A Tale of Money, Taste and Power in Twentieth-Century America
Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller Sr. became rich through hard work, simple living and vigorous acquisition of failing companies…
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
Sometime in the late 10th century, a woman journeyed far into the West, beyond the known horizon. She settled for…
The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328
This is a lively, highly readable history of France’s transformation from a cluster of warring clans to a unified nation.…
Shakespeare Unbound: Decoding A Hidden Life
“May” and “might” are words without which this book would not be possible. Nevertheless, the author, a professor of English…
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Those fascinated by the turbulent history of India’s transition from colony to commonwealth and then independent nation will find much…
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