Dean Acheson
With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the
processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of
power and initiative in matters of state.More
Diane Ackerman
2008 Orion Book Award
The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.More
Alice Albinia
“Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.”—Rory StewartMore
Richard Aldous
An iconic friendship, an uneasy alliance—a revisionist account of the couple who ended the Cold War.More
Richard Aldous
The vicious political struggle that electrified Victorian society, brilliantly re-created for a new generation.More
Bevin Alexander
"With the planet no longer cleanly divided into 'us' and 'them,' leaders are distracted by a thousand conflicting claims and ambitions. We inhabit a much more disorderly world. Disputes within and between nations are frequently violent, divisive, and dangerous..." --from The Future of WarfareMore
Bevin Alexander
“The world’s most fascinating battles and how they were won or lost, according to the Chinese sage.”—Kirkus ReviewsMore
Bevin Alexander
"An astute military historian's appraisal of what separates the sheep from the wolves in the great game of war."—Kirkus ReviewsMore
Arthur Allen
"A timely, fair-minded and crisply written account."—New York Times Book ReviewMore
Stephen E. Ambrose
In the final months of World War II, with the Allied forces streaming
into Germany on two fronts, a major decision had to be made: where to
draw a stop line to prevent an accidental clash between the Russian and
the Anglo-American armies.More
David Anderson
"A remarkable account of Britain's last stand in Kenya. This is imperial history at its very best."--John Hope FranklinMore
Robert J. Antony
Pirates in the Age of Sail takes a global perspective to explore the world of pirates between the early sixteenth and middle nineteenth centuries.More
Kwame Anthony Appiah
"[Appiah's] work reveals the heart and sensitivity of a novelist. . . .Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written."—The New York Times Book ReviewMore
Joyce Appleby
"Splendid: the global history of capitalism in all its creative—and destructive—glory.”—The New York Times Book Review
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Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob
"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—BooklistMore