Browsing: History

A #1 New York Times bestselling author tells the true story behind the legendary frontier shootout — the Battle at the OK Corral — and the vendetta that erupted in the violent gunfight’s wake. “Rootin’-tootin’ history… careful research and vivid writing” (Kirkus Reviews).

“A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young…

In 1895, Utah’s leading suffragist, Emmeline B. Wells, welcomed her friends Susan B. Anthony and Reverend Anna Howard Shaw to…

“You boys looking for a fair fight today?” Luke kept his finger on the trigger and the rifle pointed at…

An AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2020The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,”…

A Burning Need for RevengeAddie King will stop at nothing to get her revenge. Not even a Texas Ranger can…

Written between 1717 and 1790, and originally referred to by its author as simply Memoirs, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is considered…

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2020! Delivering wit and historical insight, this energetic biography of George Washington is “a bewitching combination of erudition and cheek… A playful, disruptive work of history” (New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Egan).

In the London of Queen Elizabeth I, physician William Constable investigates an astrological mystery that poses a mortal threat to the crown. But as he unravels a web of secrets, he becomes entangled in a lethal struggle for power…

An award-winning author looks back across generations at the stories of her family’s indomitable women, who confronted abusive relationships, slavery, and racism. “Certain books give off the sense that you won’t want them to end, so splendid the writing, so lyrical the stories” (Los Angeles Times).