History books

Winner of the 2006 Booker Worthen Literary Prize and the 2004 Ragsdale Award A dominating spirit of public service...  Read More >>

Royal laundresses, corset-makers and professional feather curlers- the hidden story of the people who designed,...  Read More >>

A disarming, surprising history from a riveting new voice. Peter Jones explores art, mysticism and literature to...  Read More >>

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Forty-five years have passed since the end of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in 1979. Even so, the misery, death and...  Read More >>

A comprehensive examination into the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent, under its then director Peter Cheeseman,...  Read More >>

Lisa G. Dill bears witness to one of the world's most powerful rivers as she and a crew of four cousins pilot a...  Read More >>

Rabbi Philip Lazowski, 95, survived the Holocaust as a child to become a rabbi in America. In Transforming Darkness...  Read More >>

Resisting Nazism paints a vivid picture of resistance to far-right extremism across the generations.  Read More >>

Between the Wires tells for the first time the history of Janowska, in Lviv, Ukraine, one of the deadliest concentration...  Read More >>

This first biography of the compelling and controversial figure, Joseph Godfrey, a formerly enslaved person who...  Read More >>

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This book explores the architectural, archaeological, and historical significance of six castles (Chepstow, Raglan,...  Read More >>

How can we successfully transition towards a sustainable future? Drawing on broad insights from science and history,...  Read More >>

The main streets of Ontario's small towns provide a living, visual history of the settlement and development of...  Read More >>

Tells the story of the Mosaic Templars of America (MTA), a famous black fraternal organization that was founded...  Read More >>

An examination of the efforts by Black public-sector workers and their unions to fight for racial and economic justice...  Read More >>

A reflection on the realities of animal extinction and endangerment, focusing especially on the force of human impact...  Read More >>

‘The guillotine was the silent weapon of Nazi terror — and Johann Reichhart its most faithful servant.’ While the...  Read More >>

The longest ground fighting on Guadalcanal was across and around the Matanikau river basin—for five months the United...  Read More >>

‘These stories must be read. They stand as a beacon for us all to maintain a sense of duty, demonstrate resilience...  Read More >>

The untold story of courage, comradeship, and daring that captures the true spirit of the ANZACs in the air. From...  Read More >>

An astonishing maritime adventure: the true story of a Captain’s wife forced to take the helm in the most perilous...  Read More >>

From Simpson’s donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events...  Read More >>

An exiled daughter of Sparta and an honour-bound warrior discover that fate is more powerful than any oath.  Read More >>