History Books
Historical events, civilizations, and analysis
242 books
205 authors
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International Reporting, 1928-1985
by Heinz Dietrich Fischer
History
The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in ...
Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System, 1917-2000
by Heinz Dietrich Fischer
History
The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in ...
The New Nonsense
by Charles M. Fair
History
Analyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social c...
The New Gay Book of Lists
by Leigh W. Rutledge
History
The gay '90s have produced their share of facts and figures for the history books, with gays being publicly recognized i...
Winter World
by Bernd Heinrich
History
The classic Winter World is an intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in winter. Bernd Heinr...
Victorian Popularizers of Science
by Bernard Lightman
History
The ideas of Charles Darwin and his fellow Victorian scientists have had an abiding effect on the modern world. But at t...
First in Line
by Kate Andersen Brower
History
“An intimate, compulsively readable account of the dynamics that have shaped—and sometimes destroyed—relations at the to...
The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
History
A preeminent scientist—and the world's most prominent atheist—asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievou...
The Provincial American and Other Papers
by Meredith Nicholson
History
"The Provincial American and Other Papers" offers a compelling glimpse into 20th-century American culture through the in...
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
This captivating collection delves into the lives of pioneers and the challenges they faced while forging new paths acro...
Forum
by Lorettus Sutton Metcalf
History
(Applause Libretto Library). Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart "This brazenly retro...
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...
Japan Versus Europe
by Endymion Porter Wilkinson
History
This compelling exploration delves into the intricate historical relationship between Japan and Europe, revealing the cu...
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...
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...
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...
Rigged
by Ben Mezrich
History
"Rigged" is Ben Mezrich's 2007 nonfiction thriller about the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the launch of the ...
