History books

Pitched into a global conflict against three powerful adversaries—Germany, Italy and Japan—the British and Commonwealth...  Read More >>

This book offers a new perspective on the history of early modern Jewish communities by centering the experiences...  Read More >>

This lavish coffee table book provides a unique approach to the subject of glass, featuring breathtaking history...  Read More >>

What does it mean to be South African, if the idea of ""South Africa"" is a European invention that continues to...  Read More >>

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A new biography revealing the remarkable story of Jackie Robinson as a civil rights crusader Jackie Robinson is...  Read More >>

A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive - if we want it to. Is democracy in trouble, perhaps...  Read More >>

Pathbreaking study of recent novels by former East German authors that contribute, by employing tropes of retreat...  Read More >>

As commander of the Valley District, Jackson orchestrated raids against two dams of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal...  Read More >>

Egypt's Mediterranean explores the intersections of commerce and statecraft in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire...  Read More >>

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Women Unsilenced: Hope, Freedom, and Music in Palestine explores how Palestinian women use music to express, protest,...  Read More >>

In the 1980s, the Midwestern economic collapse caused by the farm crisis and deindustrialization inspired the region's...  Read More >>

""Boudin is what the gods would eat if the gods were looking for the transcendent; a dish as satisfying to the soul...  Read More >>

Whether Jonagolds or Ida Reds, the apple provides Midwesterners with both a versatile food and a powerful archetype...  Read More >>

An insightful and engaging biography of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, originally written in the 1940s and meticulously...  Read More >>

A history of racism and segregation in twentieth-century Houston and beyond.  Read More >>

Outstanding memoir covering six years of war. Kulik undertook an epic and dangerous journey covering numerous hostile...  Read More >>

The Battle of Solferino and San Martino occurred on 24 June 1859 near Lake Garda, Italy. A raging battle that lasted...  Read More >>

The Italian Army in the Battle for Sicily recounts the Sicilian campaign during the summer of 1943, as experienced...  Read More >>

Based on formerly secret and top-secret Soviet military records, supplemented with extensive analysis and over 100...  Read More >>

Major Robert Rogers is an icon of American history, but does not deserve that status. Scalp Hunter provides the...  Read More >>

This book considers how fighting effectiveness was produced and maintained during the Second World War. 4th Independent...  Read More >>