Browsing: World History

At 23, Isabella was sent with her family to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. This powerful memoir chronicles their courageous efforts to survive its horrors. “Profoundly moving” (Publishers Weekly).

In this nineteenth-century nautical memoir, a Harvard man sails around the tip of South America to California–and returns with this…

“Vibrant, earnest, and profound” (Booklist): Miranda Richmond Mouillot crossed the Atlantic to uncover the truth about her grandparents, who escaped Nazi-occupied France only to abruptly separate… “A moving family history researched with dedication and completed with a granddaughter’s love” (Kirkus Reviews).

“Required reading” (New York Post) for fans of Erik Larson: When a brutal serial killer terrorized Nazi-occupied Paris, the ensuing trial spiraled out of control. A “masterpiece” (Salon) with over 1,100 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author! Lev Nussimbaum’s life was stranger than fiction: Using pen names, he became a popular author in Nazi Germany — despite his secret Jewish heritage. This “thrilling, novelistic, and rich” biography (Entertainment Weekly) is “a page-turner of epic proportion” (Booklist).

When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her…

A New York Times bestseller! Covering the development of Christianity from ancient to modern times, this sweeping work of history is a “monumental achievement” that “will not soon be surpassed” (Publishers Weekly).

The true story of one man’s journey to Islamic fundamentalism and back Raised in a devout but quiet Muslim community…

As Jack the Ripper terrorizes Victorian London, another killer capitalizes on the chaos by following each high-profile murder with one of their own. Can Inspector Albert Norris unmask the culprit before it’s too late? A nerve-racking historical mystery!

Moving accounts and survivor interviews reveal the little-known story of Ravensbrück, the Nazi concentration camp that Heinrich Himmler designed exclusively for women. “A beautifully written history… that offers additional insight into Nazism and those caught in its path” (Publishers Weekly starred review).