Browsing: History

A “compelling” account (Library Journal starred review) with over 2,600 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Napoleon Bonaparte still towers over modern European history. This New York Times bestselling biography offers “a fully human portrait of this larger-than-life figure” (The Wall Street Journal).

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Salt: Experience the pivotal year that was 1968 — a time marked by significant political, economic, and cultural upheaval that would disrupt the world. “To read this book is to be transported” (Publishers Weekly).

From the outside, Nancy Cooper’s life with her husband and children in a beautiful North Carolina town seemed perfect. But when her body was discovered one summer day, it would reveal the darkness beneath her marriage’s seemingly tranquil surface.

This is the first of four books of the novel, And Quiet Flows the Don. The second and third books…

Marcia L. Gates was an Army nurse and prisoner of war during WWII. As an “Angel of Bataan,” she spent…

Soon to be a NETFLIX film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey…

This “staggering and important” history (Chicago Tribune) examines a German Reserve Police Battalion responsible for atrocities during World War II — and explores the motives that led ordinary soldiers to evil. “Singularly chilling… A major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust” (Newsweek).

From a New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author: This captivating collection of essays paints a vivid portrait of life in 1960s America. An illuminating book with over 17,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the…

Witness the ill-fated affair that inspired Doctor Zhivago in this “fascinating and often heartbreaking” tale (O, the Oprah Magazine) of the romance between author Boris Pasternak and his muse, Olga Ivinskaya. A poignant look at love and courage in Communist Russia, from a New York Times bestselling author.