History Books
Historical events, civilizations, and analysis
18 books
18 authors
On Seas of Glory
by John F. Lehman
History
From the youngest ever Secretary of the Navy comes an action-packed history of the service and the heroic men, great shi...
My Grandfather's Son
by Clarence Thomas
History
Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable ...
Barbarians at the Gate
by Bryan Burrough
History
An updated edition with a new introduction by Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate offers the definitive account of th...
The Irrational Bundle
by Dan Ariely
History
“A lively tour through the impulses that cause many of us to cheat, the book offers especially keen insights into the wa...
Pioneer and Frontier Stories
by Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
History
The Greatest Generation Speaks
by Tom Brokaw
History
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bests...
God's Problem
by Bart D. Ehrman
History
War, disease, natural disasters, abuse, pain, and death – why do we suffer? And if God is loving, all-powerful, and in c...
Race Relations in the United States, 1940-1960
by Thomas J. Davis
History
The 1940s and 1950s were decades of far-reaching change and mobilization in the United States. White culture strove to m...
Cultural Capitalism
by Bradley A. Gorski
History
Cultural Capitalism explores Russian literature's eager embrace of capitalism in the post-Soviet era. When the Soviet Un...
Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction
by John Sutherland
History
For the last century, the tastes and preferences of readers of fiction have been reflected in the American and British b...
Red Spies in America
by Katherine Amelia Siobhan Sibley
History
The most detailed study of Soviet military-industrial espionage during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s--spying aimed specifi...
Havana Nocturne
by T. J. English
History
In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flick...
Rigged
by Ben Mezrich
History
From the author who brought you the massive New York Times bestseller Bringing Down The House, Rigged is the startling, ...
The Black Hand
by Chris Blatchford
History
THE BLACK HAND is the true story of Rene Enriquez, aka "Boxer," and his rise in a secret criminal organization, a new Ma...
Call of the Atlantic
by Joseph McAleer
History
Uses fresh archival material to explore Jack London's publishing career outside of North America, illuminating the relat...