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Reissued with a hip new jacket for our summer celebration of Modern Classics first published by Flamingo in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson's ether ... More

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"The Guns of August" is the narrative history of the first month of World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the preparation and ... More

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It was perhaps the most shocking disaster of the century when 1500 people died, drowned in the freezing sea. For towards midnight on a clear but ... More

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The fourth volume in Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson follows Johnson through his volatile relationship with John and Robert Kennedy in ... More

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Challenging conventional history, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression that devastated America in the early part ... More

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Through the lives of three different women - grandmother, mother and daughter - this book tells the story of 20th-century China. At times scarcely ... More

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No disease the world has ever known even remotely resembles the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Presumed to have begun when sick farm animals ... More

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Winner of the National Book Award The building of the Panama Canal was one of the most grandiose, dramatic, and sweeping adventures of all time. ... More

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D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: ... More

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Connect students to the stories of history. Connect students to the experience of history. Connect students to success in history. At McGraw-Hill, we ... More

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History of Modern Art has long been recognized as the authoritative, encyclopedic history of painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture from ... More

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When Peter Hessler went to China in the late 1990s, he expected to spend a couple of peaceful years teaching English in the town of Fuling on the ... More

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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness tells the story of the author's mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous ... More

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The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and ... More

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In this work, Nagorski chronicles Hitler's rise to power and Germany's march to the abyss, as seen by Americans--diplomats, military, expats, ... More

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Built around eight case studies, "Why Nations Go to War" covers the crucial events that led to the outbreak of the 20th century's major military ... More

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Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were ... More

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Originally published in 1986, a memoir in which the author recounts the horrors of China's Cultural Revolution, during which she was falsely accused ... More

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Alexandra Fuller was the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir of that time, when a ... More

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In this title, the celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other ... More

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of ... More

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The struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades continues to shake the world economy, dictate the outcome of wars, and ... More

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When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: what was happening to ... More

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Written by renowned scholar and former policymaker Joseph Nye, Jr. and new co-author David A. Welch, Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation is ... More

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From 1943 to 1951, 350 or so men and women from thirteen Allied nations served as the men and women of the Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives section ... More

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