History books

A genre-bending work similar to Edgar Lee Masters' A Spoon River Anthology, this ""miscellany"" is a portrait of...  Read More >>

Explore the hidden history of Portsmouth and uncover the city's enduring spirit One of New Hampshire's oldest towns,...  Read More >>

In 1950, Ian Robertson Hamilton, a law student, took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster...  Read More >>

Journey the historic path from wagon ruts to blacktop highways...  Read More >>

The arena that pitted the east side against the west side. Portland, Oregon in the 1950s was a city at a crossroads....  Read More >>

From Wilderness to Industry and Back Again For thousands of years, the Little Tennessee River and the foot...  Read More >>

Explore the rich history and architectural beauty of historic downtown New Port Richey, Florida, with this engaging...  Read More >>

Go behind bars in the Wolverine State. Almost every Michigan county had a jail, and if those walls could talk,...  Read More >>

For thirty years, Carolyn Dallmann held down various positions at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, in Sauk County,...  Read More >>

Juliet Nebolon reveals the mechanisms through which settler colonialism and militarization simultaneously perpetuated,...  Read More >>

Juliet Nebolon reveals the mechanisms through which settler colonialism and militarization simultaneously perpetuated,...  Read More >>

In the decade following the end of the Cold War, Western democracies stood victorious, brimming with optimism and...  Read More >>

In the decade following the end of the Cold War, Western democracies stood victorious, brimming with optimism and...  Read More >>

An epic history of the Portuguese Age of Discovery and birthed the modern global era.  Read More >>

The true story behind the myth of Daidalos, the world's first polymath. A compelling blend of history, archaeology,...  Read More >>

A defiantly feminist retelling of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind.  Read More >>

A defiantly feminist retelling of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind.  Read More >>

Margaret Randall has contributed poetry, essays, translations, and oral histories to the public discourse since...  Read More >>

They take up space, demand what they want, and walk away when they're done. Those little four-legged icons are...  Read More >>

In Commanding the Stars, military strategist and scholar Michael A. VanPutte reveals how the imagined worlds of...  Read More >>

Drawn from genealogical records, newspapers, and diaries, My Great-Grandmothers describes the human, political,...  Read More >>

First published in 1932 and almost completely unknown today, Beauty Lies Beyond Hell! is a raw, fast-moving novel...  Read More >>

This updated edition examines Hoover's career in detail, and looks at his role in the development of the Cold War...  Read More >>

An angel guards the parish, but who will guard them from the angel? In papal society, where the Church rules all,...  Read More >>

Awe is not a museum piece; it is a muscle. If modern life has weakened yours, this book rebuilds it with simple...  Read More >>