The latest volume in Yale University Press's series of short histories is a quick yet authoritative overview of United States history

A taut new history of Richard III and the battle in which he lost everything - and the new Tudor dynasty gained everything

In the Ethiopian city of Harar, spotted hyenas roam the streets at night, cleaning up the day's garbage better than any human crew could do. A fascinating new book tells the story.

Long before the famous date of the Declaration, Boston was breaking the King's Peace and warning other towns and colonies to do likewise - a lively new book tells the story

The world's most famous architect gets his first full-length biography

Now in paperback: a thorough - and thoroughly interesting - study of the actual physical dimensions of the little pond whose name Henry David Thoreau made immortal

The bad science behind the Hindenburg was made tragically obvious by its explosion in 1937; a new book warns that other miracles of science may be equally dangerous

A new book assembles and studies the scattered writings of American slaves

The great German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt was fascinated by all of the natural world, and his work in studying it and writing about it has shaped our understanding ever since

A harrowing and contentious new assessment of the Nazi war on the Jews of Europe.

A witty, unsparing memoir from author and critic Gary Indiana