Poland and the People Who Would Not Vanish
Partitioned out of existence, occupied, and devastated, the Poles preserved their language, faith, and identity through every catastrophe, a study in survival and an unyielding love of freedom.
Revolution, Reason and the French Art of Living
From the cave painters of the south to the Revolution that proclaimed the rights of man, the French built one of the supreme civilizations of Europe. An honest, in-depth portrait.
Sailors at the Edge of Europe Who Mapped the World
From a narrow strip on the Atlantic edge of Europe, the Portuguese launched the age of discovery and linked the continents, a seafaring people of warmth, melancholy, and saudade.
Surviving Minus Sixty in Siberia, the World of the Sakha
A Turkic people who built a civilization of horses and cattle in one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth. The remarkable story of the Sakha of Siberia.
The Basques and the Riddle of Their Ancient Origins
The Basques speak Euskara, a language unrelated to any other on Earth. A grounded look at their ancient origins, seafaring past, and remarkable language revival.
The City Builders of the Himalaya, the Newars and the Civilization of the Kathmandu Valley
In the Kathmandu valley the Newars built one of Asia’s great urban civilizations, masters of the pagoda and the bronze, keepers of a living goddess and a faith both Hindu and Buddhist.
The Dancing Deer and the Jewelled Valley, the Story of the Meitei People of Manipur
At India’s eastern gate lies Manipur, a valley ringed by blue hills where the Meitei built a kingdom, their own script, a floating lake, the dancing Sangai deer, and one of India’s classical dances.
The First Christian Nation and the People Who Refused to Vanish, the Story of the Armenians
A people of more than two and a half thousand years, the first nation to adopt Christianity, with an alphabet all their own. The story of the Armenians, Mount Ararat, the genocide of 1915, the global diaspora, and an unbreakable will to endure.
The Italian of the East and a Coast of Diamonds, How the Telugu Built Kingdoms Temples and a Film Empire
The Telugu of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, their Dravidian language, ancient kingdoms, Golconda diamonds, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Tollywood, and a global diaspora.
The Land of the Thunder Dragon, How Bhutan Chose Happiness Over Gold
Wedged in the high Himalaya, the Bhutanese kept a whole Buddhist civilization alive into the modern age, never colonized, and gave the world the radical idea of Gross National Happiness.
