Bloomsbury USA / History

Ghosty Men

by Franz Lidz

A true tale of changing New York by Franz Lidz, whose Unstrung Heroes is a classic of hoarder lore.

Homer and Langley Collyer moved into their handsome brownstone in white, upper-class Harlem in 1909. By 1947,...

Many Not The Few: The Stolen History of the Battle of Britain

by Richard North

Immortalized in Churchill's often quoted assertion that never before "was so much owed by so few," the top-down narrative of the Battle of Britain has been firmly established in British legend: Britain was saved...

Brothers in Arms

by Gus Russo & Stephen Molton

A vivid, character-driven narration of the time before, during, and after Kennedy's death, centered on the Kennedys and the Castros, two opposed sets of brothers who collectively authored one of modern history's...

In Mortal Hands

by Stephanie Cooke

This landmark history of nuclear power is perfectly timed for today, when Americans are gravely concerned with nuclear terrorism, and a nuclear renaissance is seen as a possible solution to global warming. Few...

Villages of Britain

by Clive Aslet

Britain's villages are world famous for their loveliness and idiosyncratic charm. Each village is different; travel across the country and you will unearth a joyous variety, from straggly Leintwardine in Herefordshire...

Voltaire Almighty

by Roger Pearson

Voltaire Almighty provides a lively look at the life and thought of one of the major forces behind European Enlightenment. A rebel from start to finish (1694-1778), Voltaire was an ailing and unwanted bastard...

The Anatomy of a Moment

by Javier Cercas

In February 1981, Spain was still emerging from Franco's shadow, holding a democratic vote for the new prime minister. On the day of the vote in Parliament, while the session was being filmed by TV cameras,...

Outlaws Inc.

by Matt Potter

This riveting account reveals the secret corners of our supposedly flat world: black markets where governments are never seen but still spend outrageous amounts of money. Journalist Matt Potter tells the story...

Paris

by Andrew Hussey

If Adam Gopnik's Paris to the Moon described daily life in contemporary Paris, this book describes daily life in Paris throughout its history: a history of the city from the point of view of the Parisians themselves....

Prophet's Prey

by Sam Brower

"A remarkable man on many levels, Sam Brower is the real deal.

Readers are apt to find his firsthand account of bringing Warren Jeffs

to justice both extremely disturbing and absolutely riveting."-Jon

Krakauer,...

Indigo

by Catherine E. McKinley

For almost five millennia, in every culture and in every major religion, indigo-a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a parasitic shrub through a complex process that even scientists still regard...

The Naming of Names

by Anna Pavord

The Naming of Names traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe, reaching its apex during the renaissance.

Anna Pavord...