A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as...
Many people think of history as merely "the past"--or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before...
"Enthralling; it is well worth the trip. " --New York Journal of Books Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York's Blackwell's Island,...
The Glorious Saga of the Most Celebrated Legion of the Early Roman EmpireThe 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated military unit of the early Roman Empire. After...
"Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history... [His] chapter on Vietnam--bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret...
"Fascinating... A highly readable history of the conflict. " --New York Times Book Review In The Great Gamble, a groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, former...
America, how well do you know your history?Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses? Which U. S. senator was nearly caned to death on the Senate floor? Which...
This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development...
Now in paperback with a new afterword... Another pageturning New York Times bestseller by the authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates...
In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, four-year-old Ruth Kapp learns that it is dangerous to use her own name. "Remember, " her older cousin Jeannette warns her, "your name is Renee and...
The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims, but in fact many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Reich. In Defiance, Nechama Tec...
In a powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle tells the epic story of America and its rivers, from the U. S. Constitution's roots in interstate river navigation, to the...
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback with a new epilogue. In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred more than two hundred Texians who had been trapped...
From This American Life contributor and self-described "history nerd" Sarah Vowell comes a collection of humorous and personal essays investigating American history, pop culture, and...
An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United...
George Washington speaks for himself on behalf of liberty and the emerging American republic in this handsome book, the only one-volume compilation in print of his vast writings. While...
"An extraordinary history... Deeply researched, elegantly written... a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten. "--Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review"[This] epic,...
The Amazing Book of History is a 704-page collection of hundreds of articles, lists, quotes, and anecdotes that explore a lively range of human history, from the ancient world to the...
A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book"Original and illuminating. " --The Washington PostWhat draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty,...
Now in paperback, the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 - from its delayed takeoff in Newark to the moment it plunged upside-down at 563 miles per hour...
Incredible stories from those who thrived in the Wild West. The "mountain men" were the hunters and trappers who fiercely strode the Rocky Mountains in the early to mid-1800s. They...
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome's most devastating defeat August 2, 216 BC was one of history's bloodiest single days of fighting. On...
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