History books

The Filthiest Village in Europe traces how a community shrouded by ""industrial fog,"" at the brink of gaping coal...  Read More >>

The name Point Lookout conjures images of suffering and despair, a notorious Federal prison camp where thousands...  Read More >>

A Concise History of American Law traces the development of the US legal order from the colonial era to the twenty-first...  Read More >>

Dieses Sachbuch klärt über die dunkle Seite der österreichischen Medizingeschichte während des Nationalsozialismus...  Read More >>

How writers and their ideologies both contested and affirmed slavery in fascinating exchanges  Read More >>

I Have a Home, There Is a We is a migrant's catalog of sorrow and love addressed to family left behind, to the children...  Read More >>

An engaging overview of the policymaking that convinced a major automaker to build in Mississippi  Read More >>

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This book explores the rich and ancient tradition of Chinese astronomy, which developed as early as the third millennium...  Read More >>

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Since 1925, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concert series in the...  Read More >>

In Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, Patricia Dunlavy Valenti presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's spouse on her own terms,...  Read More >>

This first-ever anthology of poetry by First Ladies features captivating poems by fifteen of these remarkable women,...  Read More >>

The Melancholy of Kinship in Post-reform China and Postcolonial Literature, brings post-reform Chinese cultural...  Read More >>

Naval intelligence agents working the most dangerous beat in the world – the narco-state of Panama in the late 1980s...  Read More >>

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY WINNER OF THE ASJA AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY A riveting...  Read More >>

""The story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted...  Read More >>

A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon, and an ode to our love of...  Read More >>

From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve comes a sweeping, unforgettable novel about one woman's...  Read More >>

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This Element presents an alternative approach to critical heritage studies by attending to forgotten or transformed...  Read More >>

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Herat is one of the most significant trading and cultural entrepots of Eurasia, which has long celebrated its Persian...  Read More >>

Conveys how one of the world's newest nations came into being and survived, against all odds.  Read More >>

The Great Resistance is the story of the struggle for abolition in the Americas, starting from the earliest runaway...  Read More >>