From Johnny Appleseed to James K. Polk, the Americans who embodied Manifest Destiny.

Courage and slaughter, dreams and betrayals, in the shadow of Little Bighorn.

A grand attempt to map the birth and development of modern government.

The author of Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? talks about the consequences of "spiritual damage."

The author of The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson on his writing process, the challanges historians face, and how his subject acheived the full potential of the presidency.

Why did Syria's ruling regime turn from liberalization to a violent crackdown?

The author and evolutionary biologist talks about what pre-industrial societies can teach our own.

In his third annual review of the National Book Award finalists, a former judge  surveys  the contenders.

"With lucidity and great humanity, Jonathan Katz has written THE book on Haiti's devastating earthquake and its bungled reconstruction. For anyone who wants to know why the 'international community' can't fix anything anymore, but who still hope to find solutions to global problems, this book is a must-read." -- Bestselling author Jon Lee Anderson (Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life and The Fall of Baghdad) on Spring '13 Discover pick The Big Truck That Went By

The counterintuitive history of the arms race, and the men who ran it -- largely in the dark. Read more...

The editors of the Barnes & Noble Review select their favorite titles of the year -- fiction, nonfiction, and beyond.

120 years after its original publication, Oscar Wilde's masterpiece stands fully revealed—and annotated.

The eventful life—and surprising legacy—of the original movie dog.

The beginning of a complex relationship.

How the powers that had lined up against the Axis shifted positions to begin a chilly new conflict.