• How the Russian Empire engaged the Caucasus
• Imperial Russia and the Romanovs
• How cultural diversity sustained the Russian Empire
• Escapes and returns to an uncertain future
• Nonfiction that offers new and unexpected views of Russia
• Fascinating lives in far-off places
• Russian history—with an imperial twist
• Nineteenth and twentieth century irish women
• The evolution of the human body
• Compelling medical nonfiction books
• Evolutionary origins of the modern world
• Russia in Asia
• The triumphs and tragedies of Russia's Romanovs
• European dance in female fertility and health
• Religious experience
• The intersection of fiction and history