History books

A surprising, gripping narrative depicting the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India, and the Muslim world
A little more than a century ago, as the Japanese navy annihilated the giant Russian one at the Battle...

A compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind-the Great Irish Potato Famine-conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great Mortality.

A compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind-the Great Irish Potato Famine-conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great Mortality.

Burton, the first settlement in Geauga County, is known as the village where history lives; this is not merely a memorable slogan but an apt description of a vital and unique community that has been host to innumerable historic...

Cedar City was first settled on November 11, 1851, with the arrival of a group of 35 men to establish an ironworks. Beginning with the demise of the ironworks in 1858, the towns economy became agrarian in nature, though iron...

Settling in an isolated desert valley, Salt Lake Citys Mormon pioneers laid out a city grid and constructed permanent structures to create their version of Zion. They brought with them their architects, builders, tools, and...

Located about halfway between Atlanta and Augusta, the town of Madison, Georgia, grew from a settlement that was originally part of Baldwin County. Incorporated in 1809, Madison was named in honor of Pres. James Madison, who was...

From the Great Depression to the economic boom of the postwar years, Hall County had much in common with the rest of the country during World War II while still experiencing the war in its own way. A devastating tornado, a naval...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs...

Grand Rapids began as an Indian trading post. Louis Campau became the first permanent white settler in 1826. Today, the city on the Grand River is Michigans second largest with a population of nearly 200,000, more than triple when...

Located just 25 northeast of Spokane, Mount Spokane has been a popular winter and summer recreation area for many years. The area around the 5,883-foot peak is rugged and covered with dense forest and plant habitat. As the...

Mid-Michigan was an untamable wilderness, good only for trappers and Native Americans until Americas population exploded and the demand for timber suddenly changed everything. By the 1860s, Clare was at the center of this...

In the winter of 18041805, Edward Scofield and a small group entered the township in search of a creek suitable for a mill and good land for settlement. Within a few years, Walnut Run, a tributary of Mosquito Creek, was providing...

With only a handful of incorporated villages and seven stoplights, Lewis County is unmistakably rural. Cows continue to outnumber people, and nearly two-thirds of the land remains wooded. Despite its geographical isolation, Lewis...

Mobilizing nature traces the environmental history of war and militarisation in France, from the creation of Chalons Camp in 1857 to military environmentalist policies in the twentieth century. It offers a fresh perspective on the...

The second volume of one of the most entertaining and illuminating political diaries of the twentieth century, covering Harold Macmillan's years as Prime Minister

Reissued with a striking new cover, the classic account of one of the most dramatic final acts in modern history: the collapse of the Third Reich.