Browsing: History

At 16, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Her parents were killed, but she survived until the camp was liberated. In this powerful New York Times bestseller, she recounts the following decades — and why she returned to Auschwitz 35 years later. “A reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times” (Oprah Winfrey).

A New York Times bestselling author sheds new light on the Jonestown massacre and Jim Jones’s evolution from preacher to cult leader. This “thoroughly chilling” account (The Boston Globe) paints “a disturbing portrait of evil” (San Francisco Chronicle).

I wish heroes didn’t only exist in fairy tales. 
The closest I have to the myth is Skyler, my best friend.…

In just a few brief decades, cowboys became icons of American culture. This vivid, concise history dispels old misconceptions and reveals the true stories behind the mythology.

As the Union troops and Confederate army clashed on the battlefield, another deadly struggle raged behind the scenes… Here is the thrilling true story of the secret agents operating on both sides of America’s Civil War.

Escaping a forced marriage to a cruel man, Bella becomes a mail-order bride to Montana widower Alex. But as their union blooms into a tender love, her jilted fiancé plots to steal her back…

Emma Silvers might once have loved Jack Fontaine, but she can’t forgive him for leaving Virginia. And when the Union Army arrives on her doorstep, Jack is one of their officers…

The Great Lakes–Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior–hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide…

After Nicolas de La Reynie became the first police chief of 17th-century Paris, he discovered a scandal possibly involving King Louis XIV’s own mistress… “Tucker vividly brings to life a slice of Parisian history in this rigorously researched true crime epic” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

Did Laura Ingalls Wilder’s daughter thread her own ideals into her mother’s famous Little House on the Prairie books? This meticulously researched investigation is filled with “fascinating details” (Booklist) on the complex relationship between a prominent author and her daughter.