History books

Examining journal drawings as an integral—and often delightful—feature of Thoreau’s work In 1850, Henry David...  Read More >>

When Joshua sends two spies into Jericho, Salmon and Phinehas become trapped behind the enemy walls amid conspiracies,...  Read More >>

Costa Rica is the only fully demilitarized, completely independent country in the world. Through good luck, good...  Read More >>

The Humanities and Human Flourishing series publishes edited volumes that explore the role of human flourishing...  Read More >>

A vivid account of one of history's most significant events: the approval, construction, and fateful decision to...  Read More >>

The inspiring story of a pathbreaking 1919 flight and the courageous fliers who risked their lives to make aviation...  Read More >>

The fascinating inside story of the British aristocracy since the Second World War. There are fewer than 5000 people...  Read More >>

The bestselling historian on the nation that rules the world, and how it came to do so In the two hundred and fifty...  Read More >>

The son of the FBI's most wanted woman tells the electrifying story of a childhood on the run and a half-century...  Read More >>

Critically addressing the experience of “being a problem,” of dwelling—as in the paradigmatic cases of the Black...  Read More >>

Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the best-known...  Read More >>

Explores the relationship between craft and war, examining craft fabrication, practices, objects, makers and users...  Read More >>

Fashioning London charts the history of clothing in England’s capital through its manufacture, promotion, cultural...  Read More >>

Queercore revolutionized the possibilities of sonic kinship among self-identified queer in the 1980s and '90s, through...  Read More >>

Welsh history and achievements to glory in rather than grizzle about  Read More >>

A history of US-European relations through the long 20th century, focusing on the development of the EU and the...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, with an extraordinary cast and globe-spanning action, this is the gripping,...  Read More >>

For over seventy years a woman steadfastly helmed the ship of modern Britain. As we move on from the second Elizabethan...  Read More >>

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify...  Read More >>

Join the leading photographer of Cuba on an insider's tour of the country, with stops along the way to meet the...  Read More >>

Contextualizes the Czech Reformation in the setting of Prague University. The Czech Reformation offered a radical...  Read More >>

An in-depth study of a medieval manuscript of songs from the Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod. Manuscript 42...  Read More >>

An illuminating overview of the past, present, and future of political activism and engagement of American youth....  Read More >>

The acclaimed historian of Russia offers his compelling analysis of a dramatic turning point in recent Russian history:...  Read More >>

Spanish music is universally popular but seldom well understood. For the first time in English, in a single volume,...  Read More >>