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Descartes’ Bones

Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholmin 1650, a pious French ambassador...

Exploring Historic Dutch New York

This comprehensive guide to touring important sites of Dutch history also serves as an engro...

Gospel Truth

Russell Shorto meticulously investigates Christian history and the Bible’s New Testament to...

Island at the Center of the World

'Narratively irresistible, intellectually provocative, historically invaluable' Simon Callow, Gua...

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousi...

Amsterdam

An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by...

Island at the Center of the World

In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Du...

Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob

Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never th...

Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

Description of New Netherland

This new edition and original translation of a tract by Dutch settler and lawyer van der Donck ma...

Saints and Madmen

From the New York Times–bestselling author: “Each chapter . . . offers a wi...

Taking Manhattan

'An informative and thought-provoking history' The Telegraph'A story rich in intrigue, diplomacy ...