Browsing: World History

A Time Best Nonfiction Book of 2018: This New York Times bestseller draws on historical case studies to demonstrate how democracy can be quietly eroded. “Carefully researched and persuasive… Provides a guide for Americans of all political persuasions for what to avoid” (USA Today).

Professor Gary Wasserman led a course on US politics at a university in Qatar — and discovered a side of the Middle East that most Americans never see. “A wonderful book with ingratiating humility, honesty, and respect” (New York Times bestselling author Lewis Black).

A leading Holocaust scholar provides a harrowing but vitally important look at the systematic organization of mass murder under the Nazi regime. “Should be required reading” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer).

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This powerful novel follows garment worker and suffragette Lena as she falls in love with two different men — and finds her life forever changed by the tragic 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. With nearly 1,200 five-star Goodreads ratings!

With over 1,000 five-star Goodreads ratings, this New York Times bestseller examines the human desire to understand the divine. “This rewarding book is very ambitious in its scope, and it is thoroughly grounded in an impressive body of reading and research” (New York Times bestselling author Philip Jenkins).

In the last days of World War II, American soldiers freed a trainload of Jewish prisoners heading to certain death at Nazi hands. Rich with eyewitness testimony, this gripping narrative follows both the survivors and their liberators in vivid detail.

“Eloquently told” (Kirkus Reviews): In 1944, Victor Capesius rose to dreadful prominence as Auschwitz’s chief pharmacist — but years later, brave survivors brought him to justice. “Harrowing, beautifully written, and extremely well-researched” (New York Times bestselling author Andrew Roberts).

“A revelatory work” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Steve Twomey): Learn the epic true story of the Ritchie Boys, courageous German-born Jews who covertly gathered vital intelligence for the US Army and helped bring down Hitler. “Riveting… A spellbinding account of extraordinary men at war” (USA Today).

“The definitive story of what is, and always will be, one of humanity’s greatest adventures” (Scientific American): The US’s first mission to the moon is explored in captivating detail in this book with over 2,000 five-star Goodreads ratings. “Gripping” (Publishers Weekly starred review).