The Twelve Houses

Energy and Civilization: A History

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine

The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process

The Dark Path: The Structure of War and the Rise of the West

Epidemics: Hate and Compassion from the Plague of Athens to AIDS

End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise

The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City

A Worse Place than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

Natural Theology: A Biblical and Historical Introduction and Defense

The War Before Independence: 1775-1776

The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

Countdown to Dallas: The Incredible Coincidences, Routines, and Blind "Luck" that Brought John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald Together on November 22, 1963

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates

For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War

The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization

A Life in the American Century

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World