History books

Illustrated with over a hundred colour photographs, a fascinating guide to a hundred of Britain’s inland road bridges....  Read More >>

The first major biography of Peter Matthiessen, celebrated author of The Snow Leopard, founder of the Paris Review,...  Read More >>

""All thriller, no filler.”— Dr. Indigo Willing, sociologist and lead researcher of Skate, Create, Educate and Regenerate...  Read More >>

Based on personal correspondence, diaries, memoirs and interviews, the book relates the war-time experiences of...  Read More >>

An unflinching account of how city planning was deployed to enforce white supremacy in Montgomery, Alabama--the...  Read More >>

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On a hot July day in 1918, along the banks of the Marne River in Northern France, an incredible tale of heroism,...  Read More >>

Monte Sierpe - La Huella del WaracuyUn ensayo sobre el acto humano de dejar sentido en la tierra Durante décadas,...  Read More >>

A fascinating account of a scientific project that tracked five generations of children--the longest-ever-running...  Read More >>

A fascinating account of a scientific project that tracked five generations of children--the longest-ever-running...  Read More >>

‘The POUM: Republic, Revolution and Counterrevolution' is an analysis of the origins and evolution of a party that...  Read More >>

Auch uber ein Jahrhundert nach dem Ende der von Robert Koldewey geleiteten Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft...  Read More >>

A terrific selection of photographs in celebration of 1960s steam railways around the East Midlands.  Read More >>

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In this book Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, presented a detailed and learned rebuttal of the Emperor Julian's critique...  Read More >>

New paperback edition - The fascinating hidden history of the British royal family's nearly men - those who had...  Read More >>

A narrative history of fascism from its origins to the present which foregrounds the importance of the authoritarian,...  Read More >>

With stunning photographs and inside scoop from architects, city planners, and local residents, Housing for All...  Read More >>

In Wagging Tongues and Tittle Tattle, Sylvia Hoffert calls on a particularly rich collection of primary sources,...  Read More >>

It is 38 CE in Alexandria, and Salome, a skilled physician with a past she's fought to suppress, struggles to navigate...  Read More >>

Now thoroughly updated in its tenth edition, Modern Latin America is a vivid interpretive history and a leading...  Read More >>

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Francisco de Saavedra played a key role in the American victory over the British at the Battle of Yorktown in October...  Read More >>

What if the greatest threat to our world isn't sudden disaster-but slow, invisible unraveling? This gripping investigation...  Read More >>

Back to the Spanish Inquisition A trip to the Renaissance Festival was supposed to be fun- until I slipped, fell...  Read More >>