Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Russell Lee, a contemporary of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, now emerges from the shadows as one of the greatest photographers of Depression-era America.
A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide SelectionSpanning seven decades, the notorious loss of Super Bowl III, and an historic undefeated season with the Dolphins, Shula is the definitive biography of a coaching legend.
Separating historical fact from fantasy, the story of Kishinev, a riot that transformed the course of twentieth-century Jewish history, is retold.
Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln PrizeA landmark and collectible volume—beautifully produced in duotone—that canonizes Frederick Douglass through historic photography.
In this incredible story of a miracle drug and the forgotten pioneer who discovered it, Lithium pays “homage to... the renegade side of science” (NPR).
Contextualising one of the most pressing cultural questions of our generation, Dennis Baron reveals the untold story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular they.
From a two-time Pulitzer-winning historian comes an “insightful, compelling portrait” (New York Times Book Review) of Wendell Willkie, the businessman-turned-presidential candidate.
A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula.
Once in a decade comes an account of war that promises to be a classic.