Nonfiction
Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls’ Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
Robert Smalls’ meteoric rise from a slave at the eve of the American Civil War to famous war hero, then…
Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
In Rebel Cities, Mike Rapport ties together three of the great cities of the late 18th-century world, London, Paris, and…
Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier
Tatiana de Rosnay’s fascination with du Maurier shines through in this novel-like biography. Sections of the book are organized by…
How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution
From a secret meeting in Philadelphia to the Treaty of Versailles, Shachtman explores the story of French involvement in the…
Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait
When I first saw this door-stopper of a biography I reached for my diary to search out a good stretch…
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, artist Claude Monet, 74, had apparently retired to his home in Giverny,…
Grown-up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Rather than a mystery, Grown-Up Anger is a complex braiding of the personal, socio-political, and musical journeys of major figures…
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: The Story of Britain through its Census, since 1801
This is a readable and entertaining account of why and how the UK started its decennial censuses starting in 1801.…
Jane Austen: The Secret Radical
Jane Austen’s novels have been read as romantic tales, stories of unrequited love, and works about hidden desires since their…
A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2: From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom
This book meticulously constructs a scholarly account of ancient Egypt from 2625 BC to 1660 BC from the scant and…
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