Churchill: Walking with Destiny Andrew Roberts When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood…
Engineering in the Ancient World J.G. Landels In his classic book, J. G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition and enthusiasm. He provides an important introduction to engineering, writing about power and energy sources,…
Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew For decades, only a select and powerful few knew the truth about the submarines that silently roamed the ocean in danger and in stealth, seeking…
The Witches: Salem 1962 Stacy Schiff It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister’s daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had…
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History John Julius Norwich “Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and…
Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known…
SPQR Mary Beard In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome “with passion and without technical jargon” and demonstrates how “a slightly shabby Iron Age village” rose to become the “undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean” (Wall…
The Woman They Could Not Silence Kate Moore Discover the powerful and untold true story of resilience, advocacy, and the fight for women’s rights in The Woman They Could Not Silence by acclaimed author Kate Moore. This gripping and meticulously…
A Woman of No Importance Sonia Purnell In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.” The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a…
Cult of Glory The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers Doug J. Swanson The Texas Rangers came to life in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico. Nearly 200 years later, the Rangers are still going–one of…