Cultural historian and scholar of French history Edward Berenson tells the little-known stories of the statue’s improbable beginnings, transatlantic connections, and the changing meanings it has held for each successive generation.

“If you think you know all there is to know about the Statue of Liberty, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.” —The New York Times

Grand Central Terminal traces the history of this spectacular building, detailing the colorful personalities, bitter conflicts, and Herculean feats of engineering that lie behind its construction. More than a history of a train station, this book is the story of a city and an age as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral.

The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history. In The Flatiron, Alice Sparberg Alexiou chronicles not just the story of the building but the heady times in New York at the dawn of the 20th century.

"An engaging and informative account of the building's construction and its lasting place in New York's lore." —The Washington Post

Fascinating and thoroughly researched, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital is an engrossing book that raises provocative questions and otters complex insights into the meanings behind the mysterious symbols in Washington.

Perched above the Hudson River, Kykuit was meant to be modest—until the Rockefellers turned it into a monument to legacy, art, and ambition. The House the Rockefellers Built unveils a century of family drama, design, and duty inside America’s most iconic dynasty and the home that came to define them.