1000 or more books in History
Subscribe to our RSS/XML feed with web-based news readers.
Click your choice:
Find more History books by browsing the categories below.
History:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
History:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
|
||||
The Pope Who Quit
A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation
Written by Jon M. Sweeney
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $14.00
The riveting story of Pope St. Celestine V, the pope who retired from the papacy.
At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom... Read more >
A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation
Written by Jon M. Sweeney
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $14.00
The riveting story of Pope St. Celestine V, the pope who retired from the papacy.
At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
|
||||
Maus II
A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Written by Art Spiegelman
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1992
Price: $15.95
***WINNER OF THE 1992 PULIZTER PRIZE***
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Mausintroduced readers to Vladek Spieglman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist trying to come to terms with his father, his father's terrifying story... Read more >
A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Written by Art Spiegelman
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1992
Price: $15.95
***WINNER OF THE 1992 PULIZTER PRIZE***
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Mausintroduced readers to Vladek Spieglman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist trying to come to terms with his father, his father's terrifying story... Read more >
|
||||
City of Scoundrels
The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Written by Gary Krist
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $14.95
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.
When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had... Read more >
The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Written by Gary Krist
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $14.95
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.
When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had... Read more >
|
||||
Death in the City of Light
The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
Written by David King
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $16.00
Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head of the Brigade Criminelle, was tasked with tracking down the... Read more >
The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
Written by David King
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $16.00
Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head of the Brigade Criminelle, was tasked with tracking down the... Read more >
|
||||
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $15.00
Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans.
In 1943, from a windowless... Read more >
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $15.00
Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans.
In 1943, from a windowless... Read more >
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $15.99
“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure... Read more >
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $15.99
“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
|
||||
Inferno
The World at War, 1939-1945
Written by Max Hastings
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $17.95
The World at War, 1939-1945
Written by Max Hastings
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $17.95
Winner of the Pritzker Prize for Military History
A New York Times Notable Book
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences.
For thirty-five years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different...
Also available as an
eBook.
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Written by Candice Millard
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $11.99
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political... Read more >
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Written by Candice Millard
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $11.99
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
|
||||
American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2009
Price: $18.00
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2009
Price: $18.00
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge
Written by Lindy Woodhead
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $9.99
If you lived at Downton Abbey, you shopped at Selfridge’s.
Harry Gordon Selfridge was a charismatic American who, in twenty-five years working at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, rose from lowly stockboy to a partner in the business which his visionary skills had helped to create. At the turn of the twentieth century... Read more >
Written by Lindy Woodhead
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $9.99
If you lived at Downton Abbey, you shopped at Selfridge’s.
Harry Gordon Selfridge was a charismatic American who, in twenty-five years working at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, rose from lowly stockboy to a partner in the business which his visionary skills had helped to create. At the turn of the twentieth century... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
