History books

As the Second World War raged in the Baltics, thousands of escape boats set course for Sweden. On board were not...  Read More >>

The life and work of a religious humanist thinker Sometimes called America’s fourth religion, religious humanism...  Read More >>

First published in 1967, The Origin of English Surnames by P. H. Reaney explores the diverse origins of English...  Read More >>

Dieses Buch bietet Einblicke in das Verhältnis zwischen Prozessen und Produkten des Erinnerns, Körpern und Zugehörigkeitsgefühls...  Read More >>

A gripping, true story from the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which won the Allies control of the Pacific in World War II....  Read More >>

This book discusses the proper relationship of gender to power through debates concerning what it meant to be a...  Read More >>

""This book offers a new system of speculative theory and philosophy that proposes the manner in which Black people...  Read More >>

""This book offers a new system of speculative theory and philosophy that proposes the manner in which Black people...  Read More >>

Ushering Civil Rights into Law explores the judicial legacy of Judge Richard T. Rives, who played a crucial role...  Read More >>

The four volumes of The Complete Medal of Honor present the full citations of the 3,537 awards granted to 3,517...  Read More >>

Saudi Arabia’s Transformation: Uncertainty and Sustainability offers a compelling account of the Kingdom’s ambitious...  Read More >>

This volume is dedicated to coastal and maritime archaeology on the Atlantic north of the equator.  Read More >>

Modern Tragedy and the End of Worlds: Lillo, Leopardi, Ibsen shows how George Lillo, Giacomo Leopardi, and Henrik...  Read More >>

This study explores the urban topography of medieval Merv, a key Silk Roads city in Central Asia, using drone imagery,...  Read More >>

This volume presents Schliemann’s 1865 travel diary from China and Japan, capturing a rare view of East Asia in...  Read More >>

This book explores the deep-rooted divide between French and Anglophone approaches to Palaeolithic lithic analysis,...  Read More >>

During the Second Anglo-Boer War the British forces used air balloons to conduct various tasks during their campaign,...  Read More >>

This lavish full-colour reference guide explores the fascinating history of the substance that changed the modern...  Read More >>

Day by day, almost hour by hour, account of the Great Fire of London in September 1666.  Read More >>

Blood in the Oder is the second of two volumes exploring the Battle for Berlin and the last months of the Third...  Read More >>

Resistance was a refusal to accept the finality of the military defeat of 1940; a refusal to accept that Vichy was...  Read More >>

Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion...  Read More >>

The History & Fundamentals of Knife Combat is the first installment of the most comprehensive and practical book...  Read More >>

All know about the 'defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Bohemian nobles against the ruling officials...  Read More >>

On an August evening in 2002, two little girls named Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman set out to buy sweets, but...  Read More >>