Browsing: World History

A heartrending tale of survival based on true events: When World War II upends Shurka’s perfect life with her husband and children, the family leaves their idyllic Polish village — and flees into the nearby forest to escape danger…

With Europe on the brink of collapse, a secret Nazi organization seeks sacred treasures with occult powers to help them establish the Third Reich. And to defeat Germany, British operatives embark on a globe-spanning race to track down the relics first… A fast-paced adventure for fans of Dan Brown!

A Serial Killer —Your Neighbor, Friend, Even Your Spouse?Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often…

“A staggering narrative about the forgotten women of the Holocaust” (New York Times bestselling author Gail Sheehy): In March 1942, nearly 1,000 Jewish women unknowingly boarded a train to Auschwitz. This harrowing look into their stories is an important contribution to Holocaust literature.

National Outdoor Book Awards Winner Winner of the BANFF Adventure Travel Award ”A thrilling and harrowing story. If it’s a…

A New York Times bestseller A USA Today bestseller The long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman’s life during the…

A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices…

A Serial Killer —Your Neighbor, Friend, Even Your Spouse?Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often…

When her father was taken prisoner by the Nazis, Hendrika de Vries and her mother were left alone to face a brutal and uncertain future. “A beautifully wrought wartime account… Highly recommended for its portrait of the human side of a horrifying period of history” (Kirkus Reviews).

In 1943, a US Marine fell in battle on a remote Pacific island. Nearly 70 years later, his grandson searched for his lost remains — a journey captured in this “masterful melding of military history and personal quest” (New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers).