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Title	Author	Description
Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists Born Under Saturn	Margot and Rudolf Wittkower Wittkower	A rare art history classic that The New York Times calls a "delightful, scholarly and gossipy romp through the character and conduct of artists from antiquity to the French Revolution." Contributors: Joseph Connors
The Thirty Years War Thirty Years War	C.V. Wedgwood Wedgwood	The only comprehensive account of the war in English, C.V. Wedgwood's magisterial book is a triumph of literary history that brings to life the war's campaigns, battles, and negotiations, as well as its terrible human toll. Contributors: Anthony Grafton
My Century My Century	Aleksander Wat Wat	The great Polish poet Aleksander Wat's memoirs provide a powerful and moving account of life in Eastern Europe in the terrible twentieth century. Contributors: Czesław Miłosz , Richard Lourie
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States Names on the Land	George R. Stewart Stewart	Organized thematically (sample chapters: "Yankee Flavor," "America Discovers Columbus," and "How Names Were Symbols of Empire") this lighthearted book will be a delight for anyone who ever wondered how their hometown, or (more likely) the next town over, could be called that. Contributors: Matt Weiland
Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign Defeat	Philippe-Paul de Ségur Segur	Ségur's eye-witness account of what remains one of the greatest military disasters of all time is a masterpiece of military history and was an essential source for Tolstoy's War and Peace. It is also a reminder of the risks of imperial hubris. Contributors: Mark Danner , J. David Townsend
The Moro Affair Moro Affair	Leonardo Sciascia Sciascia	The Moro Affair presents a chilling picture of how a secretive government and a ruthless terrorist faction help to keep each other in business. Contributors: Peter Robb , Sacha Rabinovitch
India: A Mosaic India: A Mosaic	Robert B. Silvers, Barbara Epstein Roy	Nine essays on India, all originally published in The New York Review of Books. Contributors: Arundhati Roy
American Humor: A Study of the National Character American Humor	Constance Rourke Rourke	Constance Rourke's pioneering "study of the national character" examines such legendary figures as the Yankee, the backwoodsman, and the minstrel singer to show how the popular comic imagination contributed to America's changing self-awareness. Contributors: Greil Marcus
Classic Crimes Classic Crimes	William Roughead Roughead	Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair, Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious crimes and extraordinary trials of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and Scotland. Contributors: Luc Sante
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren Lore and Language of Schoolchildren	Iona and Peter Opie Opie	The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Contributors: Marina Warner