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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Survival in AuschwitzThe true and harrowing account of Primo Levi's experience at the German concentration camp of Auschwitz and his miraculous survival; hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as a "true work of art, this edition includes an exclusive conversation betAuthor: Primo LeviPublisher: Simon & SchusterPublished:...
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Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel ComicsInspired by the hit podcast The Women of Marvel and cowritten by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures, this eye-opening and engaging book celebrates the women who have helped make Marvel one of the most successful comics and entertainment companies...
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Studio Ghibli: The Complete WorksA beautiful, full-color dive into the history and future of Studio Ghibli, Japan's preeminent animation house. In-depth looks at every one of their 26 feature films - including the latest, Earwig and the Witch - means there's something for everyone, while exclusive interviews and...
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Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American OpportunityHow did America cease to be the land of opportunity? We take it for granted that good neighborhoods--with good schools and good housing--are only accessible to the wealthy. But in America, this wasn't always the case. Though for most of world history, your prospects...
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Story of the World, Vol. 1: History for the Classical Child: Ancient TimesWhat terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome? Told in a straightforward, engaging style that...
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Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen*The International Bestseller* This is the story of a murder, not a murderer . . . In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, bestselling author of The Five, Hallie Rubenhold, gives voice to those who were...
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Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed AmericaThe definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement. "Martin Duberman is a national treasure."--Masha Gessen, The New Yorker On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New...
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Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific NorthwestIn this true story--a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights--Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, arrived at a...
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Squanto, Friend of the PilgrimsSquanto tells everyone he meets, "I am going on the great ship across the sea.""I wish you would not go," his mother tells him."It's just for a little while," says Squanto. "I will come back."But before Squanto can return, many, many years go by...
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Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald TrumpWhat happens when Americans lose faith in their religious institutions--and politicians fill the void? From the Puritans to Donald Trump, this sweeping history will change your understanding of the forces that create leaders and hold their followers captive. "Elegant and insightful, Spellbound is an...
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So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--And May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease"An elegant, wide-ranging history" (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning--and the pitfalls of ego--as it does about microbes. "Levenson takes readers through an entertaining ....
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Sound: Discovering the Vibrations We Hear"Dynamically illustrated...kid-friendly, intriguing." -- Booklist (STARRED REVIEW)"Brimming with cogent insights, delightful visuals, and infectious wonder." - Kirkus Reviews (STARRED REVIEW)Sound -- in both science and history -- is explored in this dynamic, illustrated nonfiction picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Olga Fadeeva. Do you ever...
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Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest EmancipationConsidered one of "the most innovative studies of American emancipation in the Civil War" (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass), Somewhere Toward Freedom is a groundbreaking account of Sherman's March to the Sea--the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy--told...
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Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic IdentitySlaves to Fashion is a pioneering cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmopolitan art worlds of London and New York. It is populated by sartorial impresarios such as Julius Soubise, a freed...
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Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific HistoryThe extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced...
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Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan RuthWinner of 20 national book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted by the author's father, was knocked...
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ShogunThe classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James ClavellAfter Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he...
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Shifting Sands: A Human History of the SaharaAn expansive history of the Sahara from prehistory to the present that shows how Saharans have, over time, built complex and cosmopolitan lives despite scarcity, conquest, and the relentless challenges of the desert environment What comes to mind when we think about the Sahara?...
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Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in AmericaIn the tradition of Evicted and Invisible Child, a "moving, real-life saga" (The New Yorker) that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to keep her family together and her children in school amid the devastating housing crisis--from the bestselling...
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Secrets of the Dead: Mummies and Other Human Remains from Around the WorldTravel back in time to discover the secrets that lay among mummies and other human remains from around the world. From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted people of the Steppe, and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this...
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