The Songs of the Kings

by Barry Unsworth

Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

by Niall Ferguson

American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of US Diplomacy

by Andrew J. Bacevich

Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions

by Clyde Prestowitz

The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People

by Jonathan Schell

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

by Chris Hedges

Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

by David Quammen

The Archaeology of Nostalgia: How the Greeks Re-created Their Mythical Past

by John Boardman

The Parthenon

by Mary Beard

Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire

by Tom Chaffin

Italy and Its Discontents: Family, Civil Society, State, 1980-2001

by Paul Ginsborg

"The Patrimonial Ambitions of Silvio B"

by Paul Ginsborg

The Dark Heart of Italy: Travels Through Time and Space Across Italy

by Tobias Jones

The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley

by Alanna Nash

Elvis Presley

by Bobbie Ann Mason

The Prophets: Who They Were, What They Are

by Norman Podhoretz

Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne

edited and with an introduction by Anka Muhlstein, and an afterword by Olivier Bernier

The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History

by J.R. McNeill and William H. McNeill

Selected Poems, 1957-1994

by Ted Hughes

The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975

by David W.P. Elliott

Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

by Daniel Ellsberg