James Hamilton's fascinating new book looks behind the glorious paintings of the Victorian era at the men who designed the frames, discovered the paint pigments, and heated the galleries

If a gushing new biography is any warrant, that's the wrong Roosevelt up on Mount Rushmore.

When the Second World War erupted, the British Empire expected all its client states to do their duty for the Crown; but in India, as a sharp new book details, that duty was deeply complicated

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