ENCYCLOPEDICALLY CREEPY HISTORY of US mass murderers and serial killers, from the 18th century through today.

FASCINATING STORIES OF the lives of the Russian aristocracy, from the eve of revolution to later reprisals.

QUIRKY MEDITATIONS ON love and loss throughout history, and in the writer’s personal life. Entertaining!

COMPELLING, DEEPLY RESEARCHED history of racial segregation and integration in the US military. Eye-opening!

ENGAGING BIOGRAPHY OF architect, artist, antiquarian Sarah Losh, whose 1840s church in Wreay still delights.

GHANA’S PRESIDENT DELIGHTS, educates with a charming, insightful memoir about his country and its changes.

REAL LIFE ADVENTURE in the jungles of Honduras as a journalist searches for the fabled, long lost White City.

WITH INSIGHTS FROM new research and recently opened archives, a fresh biography of Rasputin reveals much.

ADMIRABLY COMPREHENSIVE, ENTERTAINING social history of marijuana makes some solid points about public policy.

A MAGNIFICENT LOVE LETTER to the city of Venice, in the form of an engaging, richly detailed work of history.