History
Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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La Didajé: Traducción latinoamericanaEsta edición especial de la Didajé te llevará a los orígenes del cristianismo, revelando las enseñanzas y prácticas de los primeros seguidores de Jesús. Descubre directrices morales, lecciones sobre la fe y una visión única de la comunidad cristiana primitiva a través de este...
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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youths Coming of Age in Apartheid South AfricaThe classic story of life in Apartheid South Africa. Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage. Like every other...
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Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval SurvivorA spellbinding narrative history that defies modern assumptions about women's lives in the Middle Ages and informs contemporary debates about sexual violence and the limits of justice In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal...
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Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest EmpireA new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss. Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of one of the most momentous eras in human history: the...
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Inside China's Secret Prisons: An Undercover Exposé and Its Lasting LegacyIn 1991, the China analyst and journalist Orville Schell worked on an in-depth 60 Minutes investigation of the People's Republic of China's vast "reform through labor" prison camp system, revealing that products made with forced labor were being surreptitiously and illegally sold to the...
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Ibn Battuta: The Journey of a Medieval MuslimIbn Battuta was no ordinary traveller. Between 1325 CE when he set off and 1354 CE when he finally returned home to stay, he had visited about 40 modern countries and travelled roughly 75,000 miles, going on foot, camel, horse, wagon, boat and even...
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How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity"If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work." --Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic...
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How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for AmericaThe definitive and riveting investigation into how Vladimir Putin successfully mounted a decade-long covert war against the United States and how Donald Trump aided and abetted the operation and upended America and the worldHow Russia Won tells the little-understood yet crucial story of how...
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Her Hat Was in the Ring: How Women Won the Right to Run for Office in the United StatesReveals the untold story of over 6,000 women who ran for office between 1850-1920, expanding our understanding of women's fight for full political citizenship beyond suffrage Her Hat Was in the Ring details the fascinating story of the thousands of women who ran for...
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Green Bay Packers: An Illustrated TimelineAuthor: Kevin Gibson,Aaron NaglerPublisher: Reedy PressPublished: 09/15/2026Pages: 176Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.55lbsSize: 8.74h x 11.24w x 0.86dISBN: 9781681066684About the AuthorKevin Gibson is a professional writer, author, and editor who has published numerous books and won multiple awards for his work. He also has been a...
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Game Changers: The Goats Who Revolutionized BasketballJoining the fierce debates every obsessive fan loves to have, acclaimed sports journalist Marcus Thompson II presents a series of bold cases for who he thinks are the unique players who changed basketball forever. Michael Jordan. Dirk Nowitzki. Candace Parker. Steph Curry. These players...
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Geauga Lake - Always a FuntimeIt's Funtime!Geauga Lake: Always a Funtime tells the story of how Geauga Lake, a modest railroad stop and lakeside recreation spot developed into a beloved and innovative amusement park. With insider stories and over 200 photos, this book captures first-hand how Geauga Lake grew...
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Frommer's LondonThis is London advice the way a friend would give it to you: fiercely opinionated, funny, and brimming not only with suggestions about what to see and do, but also what's not worth your time. Whether you want to see Big Ben or the...
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Footprints: Walk the Path of Our Earliest AncestorsDiscover the fascinating story of Lucy, the first known hominid to walk on two feet, in this beautifully illustrated book that connects us to our distant past. Long before cities, farms, or even fire, our earliest ancestors walked a dangerous world of smoking volcanoes,...
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Faith in Space: American Religious Belief in Extraterrestrial LifeA cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's Gate Over the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion. Faith in Space examines the key thinkers and religious leaders throughout...
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Everyday Tang: On What We Can Learn from a DynastyPart travelogue, part historical reflection, Everyday Tang is a profound, and often startling, meditation on one period in Chinese history: the magnificent and cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty (618-907). After decades living in England, writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo travelled to her native China with her...
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Endgame of Empire: Sultan Khan, Asia's First GrandmasterThe definitive biography of a South Asian genius who conquered the international chess world on the eve of decolonizationIn the late 1920s and '30s, the international chess scene was rocked by the success of Sultan Khan, a self-taught prodigy from colonial Punjab. In a...
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El Conde de Montecristo / The Count of MontecristoNominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read Grandes Clásicos Literatura Random House nos brinda esta magnífica edición de una novela de enorme poder de sugestión, a través de la figura del...
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Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial InequalityOur nation's transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding and repairing, we must consider the role race...
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Devils of Democracy: America's Love Affair with Political Demons from the Revolution to TodayFrom the founding fathers to the rise of Christian nationalism, Devils of Democracy reveals how America's centuries-long obsession with evil has shaped--and endangered--our democracy.Americans love political demons. From the Revolutionary War to today, in fact, America has been steeped in the demonic and the...
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