A masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur
A monumental feat of translation: Islam’s founding text rendered in limpid English verse that echoes the sublimity of the Arabic original
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation
A ground-breaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history
Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, American Eclipse ultimately depicts a young nation that looked to the skies to reveal its towering ambition and expose its latent genius
A leading observer of the right explains the long, disturbing history behind Donald Trump’s admiration for Vladimir Putin and Ron DeSantis’s veneration of Victor Orban
For history readers, travellers and scholars alike, an indispensable behind-the-scenes guide to the great cathedrals of Paris
An urgent examination of the world barrelling toward a new Cold War, from a scholar on the diplomatic front lines
The first new translation of Kierkegaard’s masterwork in a generation brings to life this impassioned investigation of the self
A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge—and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later
A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss and the power of redemption in the poetic letter to her long-gone parents
Confronting “the beast within” us all, Werewolf at Dusk celebrates the singular genius of David Small