History Books

England, 1713—The Golden Age of Piracy. Charlie Drake boards the heavily-armed British fighting ship, the Churchill, on the morning after his sixte...

The second of a three-volume work that examines the life of one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War, Quantrill in Texas: The Forgott...

One will not find the name of William Clarke Quantrill in the pantheon of noble Civil War personalities but rather listed near the top of the list ...

One Marine's gripping story of the bloody battles, the Surge, and the Awakening of Sunni tribes that changed the tide in Iraq's Anbar province Sev...

"Most young Americans today know virtually nothing of the heroes of our not-so-distant past, and much of what they think they know is wrong. These ...

The Recall Records of Jackson County Veterans from the years 1776 to 2004. We earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.shop...

A fascinating account of one of the most successful spying operations of World War II Long recognized as one of the most successful (and ruthless)...

Boston is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Boston has consistently built and reshaped its appe...

"Meticulously researched and well written, The Rescue ties these elements together into an epic that is emotionally engaging from start to rousing ...

The truth of the enduring mystery of Anastasia's fate-and the life of her most convincing impostor The passage of more than ninety years and the ...

Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago, by Richard Lindberg, is an uncensored neighborhood-by-neighborhood map to...

The history of Scott County, Mississippi, as well as the schools, libraries. Biographies of the local residents. We earn a commission for purchases...

Fascinating Portraits of the Secret Lives of Royals“...offers deep insight into those who were power players in the world’s past. I’m even adding s...

"Breuer has produced yet another collection of rip-roaring tales. . . . A delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved o...

Discover the celestial myths and cosmic rituals of ancient priests and kings Drawing on intimate knowledge of the more than 1,300 ancient sites he ...

Modernity has provided more than enough reason to give up believing in holiness, still we have learned that to give...

This is the first-ever publication detailing the Navy’s role in manned spacecraft recovery from 1961 to 1975, from Alan Shepherd’s initial suborbit...

Selig Harry Lefkowitz, alias Big Jack Zelig, was New York's first great gangster boss. Like many of his pre-Volstead contemporaries, his historic i...

This moving biography of Wilberforce tells the story of his religious conversion in 1784 and his rise to leadership of the Clapham Sect - a group o...

The struggle for control of the eastern waters of North Carolina during the War Between the States was a bitter, painful, and sometimes humiliating...

A dizzying series of momentous military actions occurred in Virginia in 1863. A year that began with Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia poss...

Surviving Hell is a harrowing account of Lieutenant Colonel William Miner, taken prisoner for 39 months after his unit surrendered to the Japanese...

When the American forces in the Philippines surrendered in May 1942, a mining engineer named Wendell Fertig chose to take his chances in the jungle...