History:

The National Parks
America's Best Idea
Written by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $50.00

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War

America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but... Read more >

The Devil in the White City
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Written by Erik Larson

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $15.00

Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America’s place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining... Read more >

American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2009
Price: $18.00

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >

The American Civil War
A Military History
Written by John Keegan

Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00

For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America’s most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides; the dogged persistence of ill-trained, ill-equipped, and... Read more >

Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy
A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes
Written by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00

In this inspiring new book, Lidia Bastianich awakens in us a new respect for food and for the people who produce it in the little-known parts of Italy that she explores. All of the recipes reflect the regions from which they spring, and in translating them to our home kitchens, Lidia... Read more >

Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew

Format: Hardcover, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00

An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >

The Diary of a Young Girl

Written by Anne Frank
Translated by B.M. Mooyaart
Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt

Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1993
Price: $5.99

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her... Read more >

Traitor to His Class
The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Written by H.W. Brands

Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $19.00

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A Washington Post Notable Book

A brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents.

Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and during his presidency, H. W. Brands shows how... Read more >

American Lightning
Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood
Written by Howard Blum

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $15.00

In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself–a seminal episode in America’s history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow... Read more >

The Forever War

Written by Dexter Filkins

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.00

National Bestseller
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year

One of the Best Books of the Year:
New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, and Time

An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive... Read more >