Now in Paperback: China, a History
/A big, bustling new history of China, now out in paperback
Read MoreThe Prince of Now and Then
/He lost his famous mother when he was a boy, became a teen idol, had a storybook wedding, and he's second in line to be King of England. The monarchy Prince William inherits will be like nothing his predecessors have experienced - if it exists at all. "A Year with the Windsors" concludes.
Read MoreBook Review: 1781
/A flinty new account of a pivotal year in the American Revolution
Read MoreBook Review: Reprobates
/They were for King, country, and courtesans - not necessarily in that order! They were the Cavaliers, and a spirited new book tells their story.
Read MoreBook Review: Catherine the Great
/She nearly doubled the size of the Russian empire, she debated with philosophers, she endowed the first women's college in Russia, and she was a beloved mother to her people for 34 years - and she had a steady stream of lovers through it all. She was Catherine the Great.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Napoleon
/Arcade Publishing re-issues Frank McLynn's merrily magnificent biography of that pestiferous little Corsican!
Read MoreBook Review: The Romulan War
/Two new linked "Star Trek" novels dramatize a pivotal event in the fictional universe of the beloved TV show - Earth's first war with the Romulans!
Read MoreBook Review: Venice Disputed
/A beautifully illustrated examination of one Venetian nobleman's life-long wrangling with the experts over the public face of the Queen of the Adriatic.
Read MoreBook Review: The Goblin King
/A new romance makes beefcake from the least likely material imaginable, treasure-hunting goblins
Read MoreClassics Reissued: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
/One of the greatest works of 20th century - and of all time - gets a handsome paperback reprint as it turns 50.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Evolution - The First Four Billion Years
/A gigantic new paperback examines every nook and cranny of Darwin's famous theory, still controversial after 150 years.
Read MoreClassics Reissued: The Once and Future King
/T. H. White's towering, sad, uplifting tale of King Arthur, Merlyn, Guenever, and Lancelot gets a beautiful Penguin reprint
Read MoreClassics Reissued: Lucretius
/A handsome re-issue of the best English-language translation of Lucretius' famous (and famously scatter-brained) poem
Read MoreThe Steward
/He's been waiting for the throne longer than any Prince of Wales before him, and he's changed the nature of the monarchy while he's been waiting. But will we ever see King Charles III? 'A Year with the Windsors' takes a look at the heir.
Read MoreClassics Reissued: The Essential X-Men vol. 2
/X-Men fans new and old can rejoice in this hefty re-issued collection of classic tales
Read MoreBook Review: Barn Owl
/A beautiful new book on one of the most recognizable and evocative of all birds, the barn owl
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Antony and Cleopatra
/New in paperback: an excellent dual biography of one of history's most famous couples.
Read MoreBook Review: 1066
/A sharply realistic new history of the Norman invasion and conquest of England
Read MoreBook Review: The Dovekeepers
/An ambitious historical novel (about the Jewish fortress of Masada) from a well-loved contemporary novelist
Read MoreBook Review: Exodus from the Alamo
/A revisionary new account takes a hammer to every cherished myth about the heroic last stand at the Alamo.
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