Browsing: History

“My new favorite book of all time” (Bill Gates): This New York Times bestseller argues that the values championed by the Enlightenment are essential for our future. “Pinker’s sober, lucid, and meticulously researched vision of human progress is heartening and important” (Publishers Weekly).

In August 1920, Tennessee became the last battleground for the 19th Amendment. This vivid history of the American suffrage movement’s legal victory is “stirring, definitive, and engrossing… The Woman’s Hour is compulsory reading” (NPR).

When tragedy strikes, Quintus Sertorius sets out for Rome to prove himself to his family and his people. “Gripping… Davis’s narrative strengths lie in portraying the horrifying realities of war and in vivifying the ancient setting” (Publishers Weekly).

The author of Lincoln’s Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs…

A harrowing New York Times bestseller: Over the span of two decades, the Green River Killer terrorized the Seattle area, claiming the lives of dozens of women. In this definitive account, two Pulitzer Prize finalists chronicle Gary Ridgway’s terrifying crimes — and the long quest to bring him to justice.

The true story of a German-Jewish love that overcame the burdens of the past.Finalist for the 2017 Book of the…

This absorbing biography of Clark Gable provides a look at the inner workings of the enigmatic Hollywood icon. “Fast-moving and frank…You’ll give a damn” (People).

“A breathless tale” (San Francisco Chronicle): In the early 20th century, Inez Burns gained wealth and notoriety — while also running California’s most famous illegal abortion clinic. This fascinating book follows her extraordinary rise and fall, reading “more like a thriller than an academic biography” (Kirkus Reviews).

During the peak years of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mountains…

A New York Times bestselling author shares in-depth interviews with the children of Hitler’s inner circle and other members of the Third Reich. A unique book with “much to teach us about history and family psychology. Absolutely essential” (Library Journal).