History

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Paperback
Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder.

Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
Hardback
With wry humour, Shakespearean profundity and trenchant insight, Yunte Huang brings to life the story of the famous Siamese twins.

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Paperback
This “powerful and disturbing history” (The New York Times Book Review) exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas throughout America

Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History
Hardback
Separating historical fact from fantasy, the story of Kishinev, a riot that transformed the course of twentieth-century Jewish history, is retold.

God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
Paperback
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author, God’s Crucible brings to life “a furiously complex age” (The New York Times Book Review).


