Translated into seventeen languages since its first publication in 1936, E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history of the world is at last available in English. Gombrich tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human achievement, and the depth of its frailty.

Translated into seventeen languages since its first publication in 1936, E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history of the world is at last available in English. Gombrich tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human achievement, and the depth of its frailty.

This major new biography by a distinguished British historian offers a remarkably comprehensive portrait of a leader whose actions changed the course of Western history and resonate some two thousand years later.

While globalization may seem a modern phenomenon, it is actually a process that began when humans first migrated from Africa, explains Nayan Chanda in this fascinating book. He traces how traders, preachers, warriors, and adventurers have reshaped the world and reconnected us throughout history, and he offers a provocative discussion of what globalization means for t...

Remembered today mainly for a question he never uttered (“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”), Henry Morton Stanley was in truth a brilliant adventurer who overcame a nightmarish childhood to become Africa’s greatest explorer. Drawing on previously closed archives, this grand and colorful biography presents the first accurate picture of Stanley and his ex...

This magisterial biography paints a rich portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville, the French aristocrat whose voyage to America resulted in one of the most vital texts in the history of democratic thought. Hugh Brogan brings Tocqueville to life and elucidates his thinking on the nature of democracy.

This engaging book examines the shared history of people and bears. Hopscotching through history, literature, and science, Bernd Brunner presents a delightfully illustrated compendium of information about different cultures’ attitudes toward bears, the central place of bears in our myths and dreams, how our images of bears do and do not mesh with reality, and m...

This engaging book examines the shared history of people and bears. Hopscotching through history, literature, and science, Bernd Brunner presents a delightfully illustrated compendium of information about different cultures’ attitudes toward bears, the central place of bears in our myths and dreams, how our images of bears do and do not mesh with reality, and m...

This volume presents a gorgeous selection of natural history drawings and watercolors by Leonardo da Vinci and other master artists in the Age of Discovery. Renowned naturalist and documentary-maker Sir David Attenborough and colleagues explore how illustrations of plants and animals inspired and were inspired by the new scientific spirit of the Renaissance.

This strikingly illustrated book provides the first opportunity to meet our extinct human ancestors face to face. With reconstructions created by experts at the American Museum of Natural History and detailed descriptions of the twenty known human species, the book changes our view of human evolution and the place of Homo sapiens on the family tree.

This sweeping history of Reconstruction offers a new, national perspective on America’s post-Civil War era. Organized around the experiences of real individuals—a plantation mistress, a prominent industrialist, a Native American warrior, a Northern suffragist,  a black cowboy, and others—the book brings to life the process that brought forth a modern America.

Hotel is a spellbinding history of the hotel in America—a saga in which politicians and prostitutes, tourists and confidence men, celebrities and salesmen all have a role. The book explores the modern hotel as a distinctly American invention, the development of its architecture, and its influence on society from colonial days to the civil rights movement...

This up-to-date, intimate portrait of the 99 neighborhoods of Queens is a wonderful tribute to the borough’s past history and present diversity. Detailing the history, people, and cultural activities of each neighborhood, the book is generously illustrated with more than 200 photographs, both contemporary and historical, and over 50 new maps that chart the precise neighborhood boundaries.

This fast-paced account of the history of the FBI presents the first balanced and complete portrait of the powerful and oft-criticized institution. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones offers a new take on the origins and mission of the bureau, the significance of J. Edgar Hoover’s term as director, the bureau’s pre-emptive anti-terrorist capabilities before and after 9...

This fast-paced account of the history of the FBI presents the first balanced and complete portrait of the powerful and oft-criticized institution. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones offers a new take on the origins and mission of the bureau, the significance of J. Edgar Hoover’s term as director, the bureau’s pre-emptive anti-terrorist capabilities before and after 9...

In this enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas, distinguished historian J. H. Elliott offers us history on a grand scale. He interweaves the histories of the two great Atlantic civilizations, providing rich insights into both while revealing aspects of their dual history that influence the Americas to this day.