History books

At the center of this pyrotechnically accomplished novel of ideas--winner of the Whitbread Award--are Max and Eleanor,...  Read More >>

An unforgettable historical debut set in Second World War Brussels: exploring love, resistance and courage in all...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive history of EU law from 1950 to 1993. It details the development and partial failure...  Read More >>

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, the definitive guide to beloved sitcom Parks...  Read More >>

A brilliant memoir of adolescence in New Zealand and of the migration of European manuscripts to the far side of...  Read More >>

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

This book offers a previously unknown history of legal and political contest in the Roman world, showing how law...  Read More >>

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New York's five boroughs tell a million human stories of revolution, rebellion, and resistance in this singular...  Read More >>

This lavishly illustrated book indulges readers in the rich world of fashion worn by the most influential trendsetters...  Read More >>

Forging a Mexican People shows how illustrated print culture helped to construct and deconstruct versions of ""a...  Read More >>

Discover the history of Philadelphia's Quakers as they rose to power and prosperity and fell into peril. Fleeing...  Read More >>

Bucolic hamlets or festering cesspools? The fledgling towns of Jay County were touted by early newspapers as both....  Read More >>

At the time of his 1939 suicide, the German antifascist dramatist Ernst Toller was a global celebrity. After leading...  Read More >>

This book argues that police reform efforts around the world should be extirpated and replaced with locally developed...  Read More >>

Jim Brown, a first-round NFL draft pick, played fullback for the Cleveland Browns until 1965. Born in 1936 in Georgia,...  Read More >>

In The Tattooed Hills, writer and publisher Jon Woolcott journeys to Britain's enigmatic chalk hill figures uncovering...  Read More >>

Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service traces the origins, wartime...  Read More >>

This handbook provides cutting-edge insights into the dynamic and cross-cutting field of cultural geography, arguing...  Read More >>

In this book, Mark George argues that the goal of Deuteronomy is not merely to provide ancient Judah with another...  Read More >>

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

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

This book explores the historical relationships between socialist ideologies and religious or secular beliefs and...  Read More >>

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

This book delves into the history of Indians who fell victim to Stalin's Great Purge (1936–1938).  Read More >>