Ben Towle’s exciting graphic history "Four-Fisted Tales" covers animals in combat. Towle reveals that animals have participated in human wars for centuries—sometimes in novel ways. Though covering what’s expected of a book about... Read More

Jeff Pearce recounts the life and exploits of versatile English explorer, politician, and diplomat Henry Layard in "Winged Bull". Always restless, Layard set out for Sri Lanka in 1839 at the age of twenty-two. He never arrived.... Read More

In his joyous book "The Secret History of Here", Alistair Moffat uncovers the rich history, and natural wonders, surrounding his Scottish border farm. Moffat’s observations and discoveries come through descriptive diary entries that... Read More

Discussions about, and popular understandings of, American Jews often belie the true diversity of the US’s community, as is evinced in "Once We Were Slaves". Laura Arnold Leibman’s biography traces a preeminent American Jewish family... Read More

Gideon Defoe analyzes, memorializes, and lampoons world history in "An Atlas of Extinct Countries". Defoe writes that all countries depend on myths to justify their existence and inspire loyalty in their people. Even after a country... Read More

"Secrets" is a sensational story about how swinging and espionage merged in the 1980s. With names changed to preserve anonymity, Zillary Zahn’s intriguing cultural history "Secrets" focuses on the possible role that swing parties... Read More

"The Company" is a hefty company biography, showing how AM Best revolutionized the credit rating industry. The AM Best Foundation’s "The Company" is an in-depth look at the business that Alfred M. Best started, which became a major... Read More

Grace Karskens’s engrossing history "People of the River" illuminates Australia’s distant past. The book opens in deep history, describing the topography and course of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, a waterway that curves like a giant... Read More