History books

This book explores the architecture of the Baltic States, a region still relatively unexplored in architectural...  Read More >>

This accessible yet profound work traces two pivotal movements that defined our modern world: the rise of Puritan...  Read More >>

In 1939 Lódź, seventeen-year-old violinist Sarah Ginz and nineteen-year-old watchmaker Eli Weiss fall quietly, tenderly...  Read More >>

The compendium entitled Zād al-musāfir by Ibn al-Jazzār (tenth century) is one of the most influential handbooks...  Read More >>

Guarino Guarini was not only one of the most prominent Baroque architects but also published treatises on philosophy,...  Read More >>

The twelve papers collected in this volume explore various areas in which medieval thinkers conceptualized time,...  Read More >>

Drawing on insights from the study of letters through history, leading scholars explore early Christian letters,...  Read More >>

It is now time to treat May 68 not as a political myth but as it was: a social movement that turned to a tremendous...  Read More >>

As seen and heard on 60 Minutes, This American Life, and in The New York Times - a frontline eyewitness account...  Read More >>

A radical refiguring of ancient history and religion that will shake your paradigm . . .  Read More >>

History hides, but Bharat remembers. For centuries, India's true civilizational story has been overshadowed by selective...  Read More >>

A case study of one marital breakdown that led to three court cases and three years of conflict in Parliament over...  Read More >>

The captivating story behind Canada's beloved sweet treat The captivating story behind Canada's beloved sweet treat...  Read More >>

Time Traveller's Guide historian Ian Mortimer presents four fascinating and fun A-Zs on classic periods in English...  Read More >>

A cinematic coffee table biography by bestselling author and award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook, with 50...  Read More >>

Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, The Greater Philadelphia...  Read More >>

Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia...  Read More >>

Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia...  Read More >>

Modern Peru offers a sweeping account of Peru’s history from the wars of independence to the present day.  Read More >>

Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in...  Read More >>

How abolitionists persuaded people of their personal complicity with slavery to advance the cause of freedom Grievous...  Read More >>

The A Word provides a feminist perspective on the history of abortion, working to end the taboos that surround this...  Read More >>

An overview of the history of Israel from one of the world's leading ancient historians of this region.  Read More >>

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