History Books

NOW AN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY, Winter Journey Set amid the growing tyranny of Germany's Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Gü...

Enter the workshops of America's early engineering geniuses and discover how they came up with their ideas and applied them to the marketplace. Dav...

Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity."Rich . . . fascinating." --The New York Times ...

"A compelling account of Jackson's Indian-fighting days . . . as well a grand sweep of the conquest of the trans-Appalachian West, a more complex, ...

Praise for Harlow Giles Unger's Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot"Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man; shrewd, passionate...

A haunting tale of the Burma theater during World War II. Burma was the most distant theater for Americans and on the outskirts of the British Empi...

Few have achieved more for the American worker than Lane Kirkland: fewer still have received less credit than Lane for their pivotal roles. In Lane...

The Lincolns spent the summer of 1862 north of the White House at the Soldiers’ Home. The lush, cool hill overlooking the squalid capital promised ...

"Alan Weisman has come as close as anyone to unraveling one of the big mysteries of the television age: who is the real Dan Rather? Weisman has dev...

This fourth book in Dando-Collins’s definitive history of Rome’s legions tells the story of Rome’s 3rd Gallica Legion, which put Vespasian on the t...

From the glittering social life of Virginia's wealthiest plantations to the rigors of winter camps during the American Revolution, Martha Washingto...

Snapshots of the U.S.'s last nine generations—from the creators of the Mindset List media sensation Just as high school graduates in 1957 couldn't...

"Thomas Fleming gives us an unforgettable story about an immigrant family--his family--as it struggles to find a place in the American century. He ...

In the first major biography of Noah Webster in over sixty years, author Harlow Unger creates an intriguing portrait of the United States as an ene...

A comprehensive, highly readable referenceThis is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America...

Based on new sources—the definitive biography of Rasputin, with revelations about his life, death, and involvement with the Romanovs A century aft...

The true story behind the events in 300: Rise of an Empire, the sequel to Zack Snyder's 300 The action-filled movie 300 focused on Ancient Greece'...

A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the ...

"Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men." -Thomas Fleming, author ...

"Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic detail."-Sarah...

Books are a cornerstone of black culture. Charting over 200 years of tradition and turmoil, perseverance and triumphs, intelligence, horror and exq...

The fascinating six-hundred-year history of one of the world's most coveted gems and the royal feuds, intrigues, and betrayals it engendered The ...

A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War IIOn the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner S...

A rare treat for World War II history buffs and fans of the strange, absurd, and unexplained Acclaimed military historian William Breuer takes rea...