The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
Christopher Booker asserts that all fiction depends on seven themes, recycled and embroidered
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The geographic, demographic, and environmental factors that have shaped civilization from the caveman onward.
The Lost Ships of Pisa
Mike Sedge makes the case for Pisa as a port that was once as prosperous as Venice or Genoa.
The March
E.L. Doctorow Civil War novel brings William Tecumseh Sherman, and immolated Georgia, into rich view.