History books

Violent strikes and riots swept the Caribbean between 1934 and 1939, and this book brings together diverse primary...  Read More >>

In this new memoir, Melvyn Bragg takes the reader on a journey of discovery, as he leaves his childhood in Wigton...  Read More >>

A fascinating insight to a much-loved county before the arrival of railways, when tourism was in its infancy.  Read More >>

As a leading scholar on China's elite politics, Dr Wen-Hsuan Tsai reveals how Xi Jinping reshaped the party-state...  Read More >>

The Crucible of Combat is a fascinating anthology of the author's previous works on British military history, focusing...  Read More >>

From Singapore to Nagasaki –  An Australian POW’s Incredible Story Don Graham just wanted to serve. But war had...  Read More >>

The shadow of the Third Reich ended not on the streets of Berlin, but beneath them. Discovering Hitler’s Führerbunker...  Read More >>

A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature. Emily Dickinson and...  Read More >>

Mentre la guerra in Ucraina entra nel suo quinto anno, l'idea di negoziare si impone. Russi e ucraini riusciranno...  Read More >>

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The Black Church must embrace its role in addressing social justice, fostering unity, and confronting systemic issues...  Read More >>

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For centuries, Africa has been the center of the global trade in gold. Synonymous with wealth and power in African...  Read More >>

The rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943 is well-known all over the world. What is less known is the history of Jewish...  Read More >>

In this illustrated study, an acknowledged expert charts the development of close air support and battlefield air...  Read More >>

""The first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant with only a high school education...  Read More >>

One of WWII's most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to earn a pilot's...  Read More >>

The essential new edition of one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,...  Read More >>

THE FAULT LINES OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONVERGE IN SAUDI ARABIA  Read More >>

A debut historical novel destined to become a classic like Little Women, this coming-of-age story records an upstate...  Read More >>

Sumptuously illustrated, Medieval Badges offers an expansive introduction of these medieval objects for a wide readership...  Read More >>

Anthropology and AI explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and human society through a collection...  Read More >>

What does it mean for the social sciences to take colonialism seriously - not just as an issue of the past, but...  Read More >>

The ""gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture....  Read More >>

A lyrical essay collection exploring reconciliation, colonial legacies, and climate change in the Raven Biome of...  Read More >>