History Books

During the evening of April 7, 1862, twenty-four men infiltrated the Confederate lines below Shelbyville, Tennessee, on their way to Marietta, Geo...

These ancestors ventured west to settle an uneasy land from exploration by the Spainards to war with the Mexican government and its declaration of ...

A bold new theory on what sparked the "big bang" of human culture The abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to...

Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer"A first-class historian." -The Wall Street Journal Top Secret Tales of World War II"A book for rainy days...

The closest we've ever come to the end of the world "DEFCON-2 is the best single volume on the Cuban Missile Crisis published and is an important ...

The daring, low-level mission to the oil refineries of Ploesti has long been considered one of the most significant missions of World War II. The A...

ACCLAIM FOR ENIGMA“CRACKING STUFF…VIVID AND HITHERTO UNKNOWN DETAILS.” –Sunday Times (London) “IN A CROWD OF BOOKS DEALING WITH THE ALLIED BREAKIN...

paintings by Elizabeth Johns To many people who gaze across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, Alaska, Mount Susitna looks like a slumbering woman.  The Sl...

Eternally Bad is a wickedly fun, irreverent tribute to mythological "bad girl" goddesses from around the world. Trina Robbins, one the most famous ...

"Thoughtful and erudite... Intelligent and readable...Will appeal to people who enjoyed Longitude by Dava Sobel or Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh."...

History and pictures of the alumni during the 1950s at Western Kentucky University.

You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down “If you want to school yourself on the women who have paved the way for the rest of us, then this is the book for...

Celebrate Black Historical Figures Who Changed HistoryEmbrace Black girl magic and learn about the Black historical figures who made their impact o...

Hidden History, Strange Stories, and Hard-to-Believe Headlines What if there was a flip side to the history channel? What would you do with all the...

#1 New Release in LGBT Studies and Biographies & Memoirs ─ Stories to Help You PersevereLive Through the Hardships: Life is complicated and mes...

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin left humanity’s first footprints on the Moon, July 20, 1969.“A beautiful demonstration of how cur...

After seventy-two arduous years, the fate of the suffrage movement and its masterwork, the Nineteenth Amendment, rested not only on one state, Tenn...

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.

A history of the U.S 7th Cavalry from 1866 to 1945.

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.

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

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