The World Is Flat: A Brief History of...
Thomas L. Friedman"One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005...
Agent Sonya: The Spy Next Door
Ben MacintyreNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • The “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Timesbestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind the Cold War’s most intrepid female s...
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and t...
Ben MacintyreMaster storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintel...
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari#1 NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER• InSapiens,he explored our past. In Homo Deus,he looked to our future.Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today’s most pressing issue...
Eugene of Savoy: Marlborough's Great ...
Prince EugeneA master of the field of battle in his own words Anyone who knows of the military genius of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, can't fail to have learnt also of the exploits his close personal ally, Prince Eugene of Savoy. Despite...
The Collapse: The Accidental Opening ...
Mary Elise SarotteOn the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall-infamous symbol of divided Cold War E...
Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpect...
Kate WilliamsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect companion to the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria • A gripping account of Queen Victoria's rise and early years in power from CNN's official royal historian"Kate Williams has perfecte...
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest...
Ben MacintyreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end...