Browsing: History

In these deeply moving pages, 23 survivors tell how they hid from the Nazis as children and lived through the Holocaust. This Wall Street Journal bestseller is “powerful and gripping… A remarkable contribution” (Booklist).

A #1 New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2015 hailed as “required reading” (Toni Morrison): Written as a powerful letter from father to son, this Pulitzer Prize finalist offers “a riveting meditation on the state of race in America” (The Washington Post).

With over 16,700 five-star Goodreads ratings! This Wall Street Journal bestseller charts the 18th-century development of the marine chronometer — a tool crucial to the seafaring exploration of the day. “An enthralling gem of a book… An amazing tale of political intrigue, foul play, scientific discovery, and personal ambition” (Publishers Weekly).

Noted historian Marcus Rediker has earned numerous awards for his work, including the sought-after George Washington Book Prize. In The…

“Larson’s elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was indispensable to the success of the…

“The definitive account of America’s heroic but ultimately doomed effort in one of Afghanistan’s most rugged regions.”—Sebastian Junger, author of…

Munkki Gherardo oli vuoden 1348 lopulla yksin eteläranskalaisessa luostarissa, jonka hän vuotta aiemmin oli jakanut priorin ja 34 munkkiveljen kanssa.…

In 1918 beginnen soldaten in een kazerne in de VS uit hun mond en oren te bloeden. De mysterieuze ziekte…

“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on…

From the New York Times bestselling author of War Letters and Behind the Lines, Andrew Carroll’s My Fellow Soldiers draws…