Browsing: History

A James Beard Award winner! Here are over 1,400 dazzling recipes, representing 150 years of culinary writing at a storied American newspaper. “Stellar… Should grace the shelves of any food lover” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

After sustaining serious injuries in the Gulf War, Allen felt angry and isolated — until a canine companion named Endal touched his heart. This moving memoir tells the true story of their remarkable friendship. “Heartbreaking” (Daily Mail).

A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 2,700 five-star Goodreads ratings! This “ambitious, magnificently vivid novel” (The Atlantic) follows an American soldier across decades and continents — from the Pacific jungles during World War II to Cold War–era Vietnam. “Remarkable” (The New York Times).

From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six…

World War One had a devastating, cataclysmic impact on the world and the British people. As its reverberations were so…

This New York Times bestseller looks at the United States’ involvement in Vietnam, centering on key players. “Carefully researched and vividly narrated… It should be read by anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history” (Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Stanley Karnow).

After losing vital supplies in an accident, explorer Douglas Mawson waged a harrowing battle for survival deep in the polar wilderness. This “intense and thrilling epic… earns for Mawson and his team a well-deserved place of honor in the so-called heroic age of Antarctic exploration” (Booklist).

This powerful memoir illuminates one soldier’s moments of bravery, fear, and loss during World War II. “Beautifully written… Perfectly evokes life and battle in a parachute infantry company” (The Washington Post).

“A glittering narrative” (The New York Times Book Review) from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: History is full of triumphs, but sometimes it’s the things that go wrong that resonate through the ages. Learn about terrible catastrophes — and how they shaped modern times.

This New York Times bestseller traces the story of the tulip, from its origins to its brief but dramatic impact on the 17th-century Netherlands — where many gambled their fortunes on the flower frenzy. “A historical journey rich with details… Penetrating and lively” (Booklist).