History books

The third in Peter Watson's spiritual trilogy, including THE GERMAN GENIUS and THE FRENCH MIND: a masterful and...  Read More >>

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After the 1952 revolution, the Egyptian state became an ideological project promoted by national cultural and media...  Read More >>

How the World Works is a collection of speeches and interviews. It includes What Uncle Sam Really Wants; The Prosperous...  Read More >>

The Poet's Game is a remarkably sophisticated, timely, and emotionally resonant portrait of a spy from a master...  Read More >>

From the award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes the much-awaited second novel in the Jeanette...  Read More >>

Izumi Kyōka’s influence on modern literature of the fantastic  Read More >>

An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited...  Read More >>

A new history of Britain's first – and only – general strike  Read More >>

The various forms of history writing of Early Modern Ottoman Europe were never the object of a comprehensive or...  Read More >>

A fresh look at the full and fascinating life of Queen Elizabeth II  Read More >>

A pacy, character-driven history of the KGB's deepest cover spies in the West, a system that took decades to unravel...  Read More >>

This is the first book in English dedicated to Caravaggio’s life and work in Sicily. It examines the four Sicilian...  Read More >>

The first biography of the infamous Time Lord, written by one of the most well respected cultural critics at work...  Read More >>

An epic, dishy, character-driven history of NPR—its on-air stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the...  Read More >>

A hauntingly beautiful hybrid memoir that uses the journey and cultivation of a single fruit - the orange - to reckon...  Read More >>

'Beautifully written and utterly compelling, Stalin's Apostles...  Read More >>

The best-selling historian of medieval manuscripts discovers the most intimate surviving relic of Thomas Becket....  Read More >>

The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good...  Read More >>

This probing and innovative monograph, based on interdisciplinary and multicultural approach, traces the trajectory...  Read More >>

Exploring the stories of a selection of women connected to RMS Titanic  Read More >>

American Sports, now in its 9th edition, is a comprehensive, analytical introduction to the history of American...  Read More >>

A unique and deeply researched portrait of our best-loved monarch  Read More >>

Democracies were widespread across the ancient Greek world for 500 years and required high levels of participation....  Read More >>

Focusing on colonial Mexico, this book examines how ceremony, printed propaganda, and the visual arts helped to...  Read More >>