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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A Room of One's OwnA collectible hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf's pioneering work of feminism, "probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in [the twentieth] century" (Hermione Lee), featuring a new introduction by Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author...
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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos WilliamsA Caldecott Honor BookA New York Times Best Illustrated Children's BookCharlotte Zolotow Honor BookNCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended BookNCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleSchool Library Journal Best Books, NonfictionAn ALA Notable BookAward-winning author Jen Bryant and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet team...
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A Remarkable Man: Dr. Shuntaro Hida from Hiroshima to FukushimaA poignant, eye-opening portrait of a witness to the atomic bomb who dedicated his life to treating and advocating for radiation survivors. As a young doctor, Shuntaro Hida (1917-2017) played an essential role in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, which he witnessed firsthand...
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of GenocideFrom former UN Ambassador and author of the New York Times bestseller The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book on America's repeated failure to stop genocides around the world In her prizewinning examination of the last century of American history,...
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A Popular History of IDI Amin's UgandaHow Africa's most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the country. How did Amin's regime survive for eight calamitous years? Drawing on recently uncovered...
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American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #22: Revolutionary War on WednesdayThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back...
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American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial--And My OwnA vivid eyewitness account of the historic first criminal trial of a president and a cri de coeur for democracy from a New York Times bestselling author and presidential historian. As one of a handful of journalists allowed in the courtroom, for 23 days...
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Amazing Grace: The Life of John Newton and the Surprising Story Behind His SongNow available in trade paper! Amazing Grace is the surprising true story of John Newton, author of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like a novel, it reveals Newton's dramatic story of sin and salvation as a slave trader before...
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Along the Trail with Lewis & Clark: A Guide to the Trail Today (Revised)Follow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This third edition of the classic guidebook features accessible text...
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Along Lake Michigan: Shipwreck Stories of Life and LossNotable shipwrecks of Lake Michigan throughout a century of enterprise, industry, heroism, and disaster on the Great Lakes The Great Lakes are graveyards of a vast number of shipwrecks (30,000 by some estimates), and Lake Michigan has more than the other four lakes combined....
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All the Animals: How to Draw Books for Kids with Dogs, Cats, Lions, Dolphins, and MoreLearn to draw with fun 5-minute drawing lessons for kids--great for young artists, birthday gifts, homeschool art lessons, and elementary art classes! Perfect for budding artists and kids who have never drawn before, this beginner drawing book will teach your kid how to draw...
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A Little History of LiteratureA vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today's graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has researched, taught and written on the entire glorious span of human literary activity, here...
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A Little Girl in AuschwitzThe No. 1 international bestseller, with a foreword by His Holiness Pope Francis, who made headlines in 2021 when he kissed Lidia's Auschwitz identification tattoo. The unforgettable, moving true story of the little girl who survived Auschwitz's 'Angel of Death', Dr Mengele. Lidia was...
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Alexandria: The City That Changed the WorldAn original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day. Islam Issa's father had always told him about their city's magnificence, and as he looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally hit home....
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A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest: Volume 173The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as...
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A Girl's StoryWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernaux, the Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted author of The Years. In A Girl's Story, Annie Ernaux revisits the season 50 years earlier when she found herself overpowered by another's will...
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A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton2025 Edgar Award finalist Oprah Daily ranked #1 of the "best true crime books of all time." A riveting narrative that pieces together the life and murder of Black socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan--and the journey to bring her true killer to justice. The 1987...
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A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg: Volume 2: From the Crater's Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess MillGrinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg offers a gripping, comprehensive history of the decisive campaign in the eastern theater. In this second of three...
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Abortion Pills: Us History and PoliticsThis is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of abortion pills in the United States. Public intellectual and lawyer Carrie N. Baker shows how courageous activists waged a decades-long campaign to establish, expand, and maintain access to abortion pills. Weaving their voices...
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AaltoAlvar Aalto (1898-1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. Whether a...
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