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The complete Open Letters Monthly Archive.
One of the most shocking incidents of the Battle of the Bulge was the slaughter of a group of US prisoners by the SS at Malmedy. A gripping new book tells the story of the massacre and its tangled aftermath
Read MoreThe latest addition to the I Tatti Renaissance Library gives readers the letters and prefaces of one of the greatest publishers of his day - Aldus Manutius.
Read MoreAn unconventional and compulsively readable new biography tries to get at the heart of the quintessential Renaissance Man.
Read MoreA smart and rewarding new biography seeks to portray the very human man underneath the multilayered legend of Martin Luther.
Read MoreFor decades, the weirdos and shaggy-haired mad-genius inventors of DARPA have toiled in well-funded obscurity; a new book uses recently-declassified material to tell their story.
Read MoreA lavishly-produced new book details humanity's long love-hate relationship with some of its most famous and iconic buildings.
Read MoreThe author's multi-volume history of Ancient Egypt now reaches the high points of that culture's power and refinement.
Read MoreBob Silvers
Read MoreA richly rewarding new book narrates the long and complicated history of the American quest for - and fight against - life, liberty, and the pursuit of sex.
Read MoreLong before the Great Recession shook the modern world to its financial foundations, there was the Great Depression, the subject of a gripping new history.
Read MoreA taut, gripping new biography presents the life of the great warlord-monarch King Cnut
Read MoreA boisterous new biography re-examines the life and legacy of the enigmatic British Prime Minister and Labor leader Clement Attlee
Read MoreYou've all seen the famous Rorschach inkblots; a fantastic new book tells the story not only of the inkblots but also of the odd, fascinating man behind them.
Read MoreA warm, engaging memoir takes readers inside the post-presidency years of Ronald Reagan
Read MoreA concise, hard-hitting new book outlines the long history of secrecy at the heart of US government
Read MoreA new history by the author of Hunting the President uncovers the long history of US presidential assassination attempts
Read MoreA wide-ranging and deeply-researched new book chronicles the history of an influential Washington political salon
Read MoreThe latest volume in the Yale English Monarchs series is a hefty new biography of the man who started the whole series in the first place: William the Conqueror
Read MoreAn English-language translation of a monumental biography of the founder of modern essay form urges readers to remember the man, not the legend.
Read MoreDown below the sidewalks of London, a warren of secret rooms housed the war effort while bombs were falling on the city; a lavish new book tours the war rooms.
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