23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
By Ha-Joon Chang

After Tamerlane
The Global History of Empire Since 1405
By John Darwin

After Tamerlane
The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
By John Darwin

Bad Samaritans
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
By Ha-Joon Chang

Bad Samaritans
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
By Ha-Joon Chang

Bozo Sapiens
Why to Err is Human
By Michael Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan

Bozo Sapiens
Why to Err is Human
By Ellen Kaplan and Michael Kaplan

Cro-Magnon
How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
By Brian Fagan

Deadly Spin
An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans
By Wendell Potter

Ebony and Ivy
Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
By Craig Steven Wilder

Falling off the Edge
Travels Through the Dark Heart of Globalization
By Alex Perry

Family of Secrets
The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America
By Russ Baker

Family of Secrets
The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years
By Russ Baker

Golden Gate
The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge
By Kevin Starr

Half Moon
Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World
By Douglas Hunter

Half Moon
Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World
By Douglas Hunter

Hidden Harmonies
The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem
By Ellen Kaplan and Robert Kaplan

Jungle of Snakes
A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq
By James R. Arnold

Jungle of Snakes
A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq
By James R. Arnold

Keynes
The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist
By Peter Clarke

Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
By Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Milton
Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot
By Anna Beer

Milton
Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot
By Anna Beer

Mrs. Woolf and the Servants
An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury
By Alison Light

Mrs. Woolf and the Servants
An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury
By Alison Light

Philanthrocapitalism
How the Rich Can Save the World
By Matthew Bishop and Michael Green

Philanthrocapitalism
How Giving Can Save the World
By Matthew Bishop and Michael Green Introduction by President Bill Clinton

Reasons to Kill
Why Americans Choose War
By Richard E. Rubenstein

Root and Branch
Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
By Rawn James, Jr.

Runaway Dream
Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision
By Louis P. Masur

Runaway Dream
Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision
By Louis P. Masur

The Art Instinct
Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
By Denis Dutton

The Art Instinct
Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
By Denis Dutton

The Ascent of George Washington
The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
By John Ferling

The Ascent of George Washington
The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
By John Ferling

The Cuba Wars
Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution
By Daniel P. Erikson

The Cuba Wars
Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution
By Daniel P. Erikson

The Father of Us All
War and History, Ancient and Modern
By Victor Davis Hanson

The Good Doctors
The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care
John Dittmer

The Good Doctors
The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care
By John Dittmer

The Good Doctors
The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care
By John Dittmer

The Great Warming
Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Brian Fagan

The Great Warming
Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
By Brian Fagan

The Great Warming
Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
By Brian Fagan

The House of Wisdom
How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
By Jonathan Lyons

The House of Wisdom
How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
By Jonathan Lyons

The Irish Americans
A History
By Jay P. Dolan

The Irish Americans
A History
By Jay P. Dolan

The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire
Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Birth of the Pax Americana
By Peter Clarke

The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire
Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Birth of the Pax Americana
By Peter Clarke

The Moral Lives of Animals
By Dale Peterson

The New Frugality
How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better
By Chris Farrell

The New Frugality
How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better
By Chris Farrell

The Painter's Chair
George Washington and the Making of American Art
Hugh Howard

The Pink Lady
The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas
By Sally Denton

The Power Makers
Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America
By Maury Klein

The Power Makers
Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America
Maury Klein

The Power Makers
Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America
By Maury Klein

The Secret Sentry
The Untold History of the National Security Agency
By Matthew M. Aid

The Secret Sentry
The Untold History of the National Security Agency
By Matthew M. Aid

The Soiling of Old Glory
The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America
By Louis P. Masur

The Soiling of Old Glory
The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America
By Louis P. Masur

The Sound of Freedom
Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America
By Raymond Arsenault

The Sound of Freedom
Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America
By Raymond Arsenault

The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
By Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

The Union of Their Dreams
Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
By Miriam Pawel

The Union of Their Dreams
Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
By Miriam Pawel

Tom and Jack
The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock
By Henry Adams

Vermeer's Hat
The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
By Timothy Brook

Vermeer's Hat
The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
By Timothy Brook

Welcome to the Urban Revolution
How Cities Are Changing the World
By Jeb Brugmann

Welcome to the Urban Revolution
How Cities Are Changing the World
By Jeb Brugmann

What if Latin America Ruled the World?
How the South Will Take the North Through the 21st Century
By Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

Year of Meteors
Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War
By Douglas R. Egerton

Young Mr. Obama
Chicago and the Making of a Black President
By Edward McClelland