History books

An edited collection exploring how Roman contemporaries thought about unrest. Despite Roman claims to have brought...  Read More >>

An illustrated study of RAF Coastal Command’s deployment of the Beaufighter against German supply lines in 1941...  Read More >>

A gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton.  Read More >>

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In 1795, an attempted revolution in the British colony of Grenada took place, led by the enigmatic Julien Fédon....  Read More >>

Published in 1911, and then expanded and republished in 1922, Mosquito consists of 36 poems ranging in lengths from...  Read More >>

‘Dominic Gregory hasn’t just delivered a survey of courage and determination – Lifeboat at the End of the World...  Read More >>

The epic and tumultuous story of the Lions and the city of Detroit—and how the team and the city have come together...  Read More >>

A meticulous and enlightening march through the history of racial pseudoscience and a deep investigation into how...  Read More >>

For readers of MINDHUNTER, CULTISH, and THE ROAD TO JONESTOWN, a cultural history of cults, that proposes we, Americans,...  Read More >>

A sweeping global human history that describes the separate beginnings of the world's major civilizations and cultural...  Read More >>

From the author of the critically acclaimed Square Haunting comes a biography as unconventional and surprising as...  Read More >>

From the acclaimed author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers comes the story of Phoenix Air, the...  Read More >>

Germany and Russia: two countries whose turbulent and interlocking histories have profoundly shaped the world in...  Read More >>

‘A terrifically readable account of a fascinating figure’ Max Hastings, The Sunday Times ‘A...  Read More >>

The inside story of Hungary's descent into autocracy at the hands of Viktor Orbn, told by a former parliamentary...  Read More >>

Genealogy Methods and Techniques offers practical guidance on how to get the most from your family history research...  Read More >>

One of the bloodiest conflicts in military history, the Battle of the Somme raged from 1 July to 18 November 1916...  Read More >>

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Discover the weirdly wonderful world of ferns-plants that outlived the dinosaurs, inspired a Victorian-era obsession,...  Read More >>

Celebrated thinker Rowan Williams explores the shared hopes and burdens that make solidarity possible.  Read More >>

Author of the critically acclaimed The Wild Men, David Torrance explores another tumultuous and era-defining moment...  Read More >>