NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 27, 2011
"The author's successful transition into the true-crime genre—expertly written and completely absorbing."
The gripping narrative of a twisted serial killer preying on the most vulnerable citizens of Paris during the Nazi occupation.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 10, 2011
"An excellent study, taking a tiny instant of modern history and giving it specific weight, depth and meaning."
A sometimes improbable but nevertheless true tale of diplomacy and intrigue by bestselling author Larson (
Thunderstruck, 2006, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
"Superb American history."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"A nonfiction political thriller of a very high order."
Riveting account of a multiple murder and trial that led to a paradigm shift in Europe's relations with post-revolutionary Iran.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 9, 2011
"Another winner from a skillful writer and thinker of the first rank."
A sound, deeply felt study of Jerusalem as the "cockpit of violence" for the three Abrahamic religions.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 10, 2011
"Beautifully written and thoroughly original--quite unlike any other Civil War book out there."
NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2011
"A fresh look at the Founders that charms even as it irresistibly convinces."
Design historian Wulf (
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession, 2009, etc.) explains how the Founders brought a new nation and their own gardens simultaneously to fruition.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2011
"Excellent general WWII accounts abound--including those by historical superstars such as Stephen Ambrose and John Keegan--but Hastings is matchless."
A World War II history by Hastings (
Winston's War: Churchill, 1940–1945, 2010, etc.) may seem like a tautology, but readers familiar with his previous books will expect an enthralling account of his favorite subject. They will not be disappointed.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2011
"An exquisite book."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2011
"Focusing on ecology and economics, Mann provides a spellbinding account of how an unplanned collision of unfamiliar animals, vegetables, minerals and diseases produced unforeseen wealth, misery, social upheaval and the modern world."
A fascinating chronicle of the "Columbian Exchange," which mixed old and new world elements to form today's integrated global culture, the "homogenocene."
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NONFICTION
Released: April 5, 2011
"There are few more essential books for Civil War buffs and professional historians alike. A welcome, valuable addition to the vast library devoted to the conflict."
Firsthand accounts of the bloodletting whose 150th anniversary we are about to commemorate, some of which might have saved later historians embarrassment.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 19, 2011
"More wonderfully illuminating Renaissance history from a master scholar and historian."
Greenblatt (Humanities/Harvard Univ.; Shakespeare's Freedom, 2010, etc.) makes another intellectually fetching foray into the Renaissance—with digressions into antiquity and the recent past—in search of a root of modernity.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 16, 2011
"A welcome book on the '60s--a nostalgia trip for those who were there and a vivid work of history for anyone curious about the journalism that jolted a decade."
An unusually thoughtful account of the in-your-face underground press of the 1960s and its role in fomenting a decade of youth revolt.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 5, 2011
"Graceful, dramatic writing makes this well-worn story new again."
NONFICTION
Released: May 24, 2011
"A gorgeously rich, sparkling patchwork, eliciting stories from diaries and memoirs to create the human drama McCullough depicts so well."
An ambitious, wide-ranging study of how being in Paris helped spark generations of American genius.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"An eye-opening account of a national disaster that has been all but forgotten, as well as a shameful spotlight on the short-sightedness of humans in the face of the awesome powers of nature."
The story of the worst flood in American history and how it overwhelmed the Ohio river valley and much of the lower Mississippi in January and February 1937.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 2011
"European history."
A comprehensive, insightful one-volume study of World War II that relentlessly pursues the question: Why didn't the Axis win?
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
"Polished, fast-paced and immensely readable--ready for the big screen."
Former
Boston Globe reporter Zuckoff (Journalism/Boston Univ.;
Robert Altman: The Oral Biography, 2009, etc.) delivers a remarkable survival story.
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