History books

Military historian Jeremy Black continues his review of the global context of martial conflict and spatial conquest...  Read More >>

Considered India's first graphic novel, River of Stories is made available in the US for the first time since its...  Read More >>

Despite popular perception, the Greeks didn't invent democracy. The idea of the assembly in the town square can...  Read More >>

l, A state can look fearsome and be frightened at its core. This book follows the systems that turned fear into...  Read More >>

A ruler's stroke can outlive a regime. Lines drawn to simplify empire split markets, harden identities, and make...  Read More >>

A world can lose its kings without gaining its freedom. When crowns fell, uniforms stepped forward; when palaces...  Read More >>

A frontier can be a line on a map or a sentence that seals a promise. Here, it was both. This book follows a nation...  Read More >>

This book follows the choices that turned recoverable breaches into catastrophes. It explains how denial and appeasement...  Read More >>

The Museum Environment Revisited is a valuable text that helps the reader understand collection care fundamentals...  Read More >>

In New Orleans Cemeteries: A Celebration of Life, History & Poetry, Jeffrey Pipes Guice invites readers into the...  Read More >>

AVGVSTVS is a sweeping historical drama chronicling the rise of Octavian: from the ashes of Julius Caesar's murder...  Read More >>

A bargain between mortal enemies changed the map before most people knew it had been redrawn. This is the story...  Read More >>

A handful of speeches, a few battalions across a bridge, a handshake under flashbulbs. The signs were there and...  Read More >>

When confidence thins, even good laws feel brittle. This book is a clear-eyed tour of how fear, scarcity, and the...  Read More >>

A world can lose its kings without gaining its freedom. When crowns fell, uniforms stepped forward; when palaces...  Read More >>

A generation traumatised by one war tried to avoid another, and in the effort, taught rivals how far they could...  Read More >>

A distant war became a mirror. An emperor's plea echoed through a chamber built to keep the peace, and the world...  Read More >>

A crowd does not change its mind; it is given a new one. This book shows how ordinary formats turned into extraordinary...  Read More >>

A state can look fearsome and be frightened at its core. This book follows the systems that turned fear into policy:...  Read More >>

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the varied forms of writing found at the Mawangdui tomb site in south-central...  Read More >>

The Museum Environment Revisited is a valuable text that helps the reader understand collection care fundamentals...  Read More >>

The Order of the Hermits of St Augustine have long been sidelined as pale imitators of the Franciscans. Seeking...  Read More >>

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This second volume of French Infantry During the Seven Years War 1756-1763 covers the regiments, and especially...  Read More >>

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