History books

Who's Under the Influence? is an entertaining, fast-paced and often irreverent remix of alcohol's history and its...  Read More >>

At one time, the free-roaming buffalo population within the US was estimated at sixty million animals. By the end...  Read More >>

This volume offers readers a comprehensive and vivid picture of medieval death and burial in England, bringing the...  Read More >>

First published in 1925, Historical Geography of England and Wales gives a picturesque account of what has come...  Read More >>

Cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical research into early modern Europe. Due...  Read More >>

With this book, Bernd Reiter reflects on over three decades of research on race, exclusion, inequality, white supremacy...  Read More >>

Higher Education in Byzantine Constantinople in the Fifteenth Century explores the intellectual life and educational...  Read More >>

Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine critically analyzes the religious and identity-based roots...  Read More >>

Drawing upon Vietnamese, Chinese, former Soviet and American sources, Ang provides an updated and concise account...  Read More >>

This book unravels the history of the Israel/Palestinian conflict and tells the sorry history of the Gaza Strip...  Read More >>

Who tells the story of those who were never allowed to speak? The Forgotten: Untold Stories is a literary journey...  Read More >>

Old certainties have vanished. Laws are flouted, norms discarded. The Senate, once the Republic's proudest institution,...  Read More >>

New perspectives on state and national history through the lens of Wisconsin's oldest city This richly illustrated...  Read More >>

The Cypriani Magici Septem Horae Magicae, the Seven Magic Hours of Cyprian the Mage, is a long-lost Book of Saint...  Read More >>

Rome Becomes Your Personal Triumph - From Tourist to Italy Expert Recognize this frustrating feeling? Standing...  Read More >>

Set against the shadowed landscapes of occupied France, The girl who sells soap brings to life the extraordinary...  Read More >>

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In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy,...  Read More >>

The story of London is inextricably linked to the story of those who have ruled the kingdom. From its Roman origins...  Read More >>

Stratagems is a concise anthology of real-world military deceptions, battlefield cunning, and psychological warfare...  Read More >>

Step into the rise and fall of one of Africa's greatest powers, and discover the hidden forces that shaped a kingdom...  Read More >>

This book is the first to rigorously explore the specific impact of modern dairy farming on the empowerment of rural...  Read More >>

One of China's most prominent contemporary philosophers reads and comments on one of the central texts in the Chinese...  Read More >>

""Come out! Get ready! It's for our religion! By biting these cartridges, we shall become infidels!"" On a sleepy...  Read More >>

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