Modern Library chronicles book

Argues that there is much of value to be found in history, stressing the need to use care when drawing lessons from the past, and looks at how people and governments have abused history in order to promote their own causes.

In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice and ending wars, he asserts, which is why it is the preferred method of those who speak truth to power.

Chronicles the major events and themes of the Hellenistic Age from 336 to 30 BCE, describing the conquests of Philip of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, and Augustus Caesar, as well as the decline of the city-state and Roman ascension to imperial rule.

Traces the history of mathematics, focusing on the ten most important breakthroughs in mathematical history and profiling the men behind those breakthroughs.

Chronicles the history of evolutionary science from early-nineteenth-century theory to twenty-first-century sociobiology, discussing the work of Darwin as well as other figures including Georges Cuvier, W.D. Hamilton, and E.O. Wilson.

Examines the history, culture, and society of Elizabethan England, and looks at the life and writings of William Shakespeare within the context of the time in which he lived.

A narrative history of baseball from its origins into the twenty-first century, discussing the failures and triumphs of the game, and looking at some of the sport's greatest heroes.

Examines the history, culture, and society of Elizabethan England, and looks at the life and writings of William Shakespeare within the context of the time in which he lived.