Richard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America’s most distinguished historian of the twentieth century.

Writer and mariner David G. Brown combines narrative intensity with factual depth to re-create the events of the "perfect storm" that struck America's heartland."--Publisher's description

In his intellectual and cultural biography of Helper -- the first to appear in more than forty years -- David Brown provides a fresh and nuanced portrait of this self-styled reformer, exploring anew Helper's motivation for writing his ...

This book is not about business; it’s about people David and David recount their experiences together Insight on how to build a successful startup Turn a seed idea into reality Startup founders and startup employees, venture capitalists, ...

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most up-to-date body of musical knowledge ever gathered together.

Like Barbara Kingsolver’s brilliant Demon Copperhead, a Pulitzer Prize winner, All Saved Great and Small transports the reader deep into the heart of rugged Appalachia, a part of the country not understood by most people.

Through the lens of the milieu of his times, the book pinpoints for the first time the nature and extent of Palmerston's contributions to the making of modern Britain.

The stories in The Art of Business Wars are fascinating, but the lessons we draw from them—about determination, ingenuity, patience, grit, subtlety, and other traits that contribute to a victorious enterprise—are invaluable, whether you ...

Examines Leonardo da Vinci's beginnings as an artist and his earliest works, including the Uffizi Annunciation and the Munich Madonna and Child