History Books

By the end of 1798, France--"our oldest ally"--had captured or sunk more than eight hundred American ships, and President John Adams called George ...

The first portion of the classic volume written by Scott, Tales of a Grandfather, covering the history of Scotland up to Scott's time. We earn a co...

A history of the U.S 7th Cavalry from 1866 to 1945. We earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.shop for this title at Amaz...

This volume includes stories of Mary Queen of Scots, John Knox and the heroes of Scotland's reformation. Scott marshals all his narrative power for...

The third quarter of the classic volume written by Scott, Tales of a Grandfather, covering the history of Scotland up to Scott's time. We earn a co...

The final quarter of the classic volume written by Scott, Tales of a Grandfather, covering the history of Scotland up to Scott's time. We earn a co...

From the Hill to the Horizon explores 150 years of MBA from the perspective of students, alumni, teachers, and headmasters. Established in 1867 as ...

On a moonless night in the early 1790s, prisoner Mary Bryant, her husband William, her two small children, and seven other convicts stole a twenty-...

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others ...

Bach worked at a crucial time in history. He combated the ideas of the Enlightenment with its elevation of human reason as the ultimate authority o...

A centennial history of the Glyndon Volunteer Fire Department, Baltimore County, Maryland. We earn a commission for purchases made through the foll...

"Vicksburg is the key. . . . Let us get Vicksburg, and all that country is ours."--President Abraham Lincoln, 1862 In a brilliantly constructed a...

The tragic story of the disastrous London fire is told here from both a human and architectural point of view, as the fire destroyed lives along wi...

From the critically acclaimed author whom The Wall Street Journal called "a first-class historian," here is a riveting account of one of the most s...

The bold account of launching an innovative creative writing class inside San Quentin and the journey of hardship, inspiration, & redemption of...

Join motorcycle enthusiast, writer, and journeyman machinist Bob Tyson as he highlights vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Harley Davidson Memo...

Hero Tales is a collection of twenty-six stories that convey lessons of courage and self-sacrifice without preaching. These stories were instrumen...

Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to the br...

Picture postcards have provided a visual record of courthouses since the late 1800's. That history is chronicled in a limited edition book, Histori...

"A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation's most influential state."--Publ...

"Absorbing, artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (includin...

Unraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius CaesarThe assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in hi...

Twenty years of silence. No one talked about it. No one wanted to. The public was shocked by ghastly televised images of an uncontrollable inferno ...

On June 24, 2005, after nearly ten years of supporting liberal reform, the people of Iran surprised the world by electing the conservative mayor of...