A highly original and compelling account of individual Jews who resisted Nazi persecution, challenging the traditional portrayal of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust
The story of a remarkable era of reform, controversy, optimism, and Cold War confrontation in the Soviet Union
A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks
A compelling new history of the EU and the people who sought to shape and challenge it—from Maastricht to today
A dramatic and timely account of Stalin’s failed invasion of Finland in 1939, and the decade of wars and fraught relations that followed
A detailed study of the role and legacy of weaving at the legendary Black Mountain College
A balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt
A beautifully produced facsimile of the last known intact sketchbook by J. M. W. Turner
The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion
An ambitious alternative history of the modern Middle East
A unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history
The true history of tattoo as both art and profession in the West