Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe.

Now in paperback, this global bestseller is an engaging and informative read on the history of a diverse array of countries. Global histories tend to be written

Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe.

Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe.

Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies