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A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire.

Robert Carter III, the grandson of Tidewater legend Robert "King" Carter, was born into the highest circles of Virginia's Colonial aristocracy.

If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendy’s combined.

The first-ever detailed account of one of the most notorious cases of police corruption in New York State history, the 1999-2000 FBI investigation into the Schenectady Police Department, resulting

What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat?

“A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank). In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D.

When award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich became the unwitting—but doting—foster parent of an adorable gosling named Peep, he was drawn into her world.

An anthology of Asian diasporic writers musing on the notion of “home.” “Bold and devastating . . .

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award.

Tibetan Buddhist instructions for developing radical compassion through lojong mind training-from a contemporary master with a gift for making the ancient teachings speak to modern hearts.

The dramatic story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment.

Starting in 1964, writes Margot Adler in this dazzling memoir, "I found myself mysteriously at the center of extraordinary events." Now a correspondent for National Public Radio, Adler wa

Instant bestseller. Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.

In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality.

An ex-spy lifts the lid on life in the secret service. Andrew Kirsch didn't grow up watching spy movies or dreaming about being a real-life James Bond.