History books

Making profits out of war is an ancient phenomenon. There are enterprises who constantly supply material to prepare...  Read More >>

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This moving memoir chronicles Henry Mulder's journey from building a premier nursery to finding a shared language...  Read More >>

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One of literature's most moving portraits of friendship by an icon of literature.  Read More >>

Acclaimed Syrian writer Samar Yazbek brings her experience chronicling the devastations of war to her latest work...  Read More >>

'Vera Gedroits was a true medical heroine: outrageous, intrepid and devoted to saving lives. Miranda Seymour’s genius...  Read More >>

The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin...  Read More >>

Publishing to coincide with a major MoMA Retrospective, this book revisits the artist who upended modern art, and...  Read More >>

Presenting an analysis of contemporary classrooms, this book develops ideas about the ways teachers can be better...  Read More >>

A feminist history of Europe's largest red-light district and an examination of the lives of the women who worked...  Read More >>

Lanza explores radical attempts to remake Chinese cities during the Great Leap Forward in the first English history...  Read More >>

This is the first book-length, interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between animals and the rational...  Read More >>

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Why do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? This book answers these...  Read More >>

An evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich variety  Read More >>

From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave...  Read More >>

This Element investigates the 2016 installation of Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) toponym signs throughout the...  Read More >>

The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler...  Read More >>

HMS Hood: The Pride and the Fall marks 85 years since the iconic battlecruiser's loss to Bismarck in 1941. Blending...  Read More >>

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An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffe's powerfully armed Junkers...  Read More >>

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