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Between Ape and Human
A remarkable investigation into the hominoids of Flores Island, their place on the evolutionary spectrum—and whether or not they still survive.While doing fieldwork on the remote …
Hemingway's Widow
A stunning portrait of the complicated woman who becomes Ernest Hemingway's fourth wife, tracing her adventures before she meets Ernest, exploring the tumultuous years of their …
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain
Dante: A Life
River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
Follow an epic story of the Viking Age that traces the historical trail of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England to its origins thousands of miles east in …
The Matchmaker
Berlin, 1989. Protests across East Germany threaten the Iron Curtain and Communism is the ill man of Europe.Anne Simpson, an American who works as a translator at the Joint …
The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830
A vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, …
Godmersham Park: A Novel of the Austen Family
A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family by the #1 International bestselling-author of …
Albert Camus and the Human Crisis
A renowned scholar investigates the "human crisis” that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus’s life and influence for those …
Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces
The fascinating true stories of thirty incredible muses--and their role in some of art history's most well-known masterpieces. We instantly recognize many of their faces from the …
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in the City of Light. A waiter's job is to deceive …