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What happened in Nazi Germany to turn a fondly remembered childhood Jewish classmate into a serial murderess and tool of the Gestapo? Seeking answers, Peter...

The first historical appraisal of the astonishing life and times of a controversial twentieth-century saint Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved h...

Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demi-god. To Muslims, Russians and westerners, he is a ...

He Was History's Most Creative Genius. What Secrets Can He Teach Us? The [bestselling Biographer] Brings Leonardo Da Vinci To Life In This Exciting New Biog...

A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel night Is Elie Wiesel’s Masterpiece, A Candid, Horrific, And Deeply Poignant Autobiographical Account ...

sometimes It's Worth The Wait. Having Waited 40 Years To Tell His Story, Frank Mccourt Doesn't Pull Any Punches In His Story Of Growing Up Dirt Poor In Lim...

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times...

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days i...

Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon and secret wife of the Sun King, Louis XIV, was born in a bleak French prison in 1635, her father a condemned t...

About the Author Shelley Puhak is a critically acclaimed poet and writer whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, Lapham's Quarterly, Teen Vogue, Virgi...

A Sunday Times Bestseller | A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice [putin's People] Will Surely Now Become The Definitive Account Of The Rise Of Putin...

Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may...

A Granddaughter Of Peasants Who Had Become Fabulously Wealthy Through An Oil Strike On Their Farm, Banine Grew Up In 'oriental' Splendor In Baku, Azerbaijan...

tiberius Has Always Been One Of The Most Enigmatic Of The Roman Emperors. At The Same Time, His Career Is Uniquely Important For The Understanding Of The ...

A Real-life Political Thriller About An American Financier In The Wild East Of Russia, The Murder Of His Principled Young Tax Attorney, And His Dangerous Mi...

The chilling tale of one of Scotland's most infamous villains, including new details and previously unpublished information He was a respected cabinet-make...

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...

Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin's...

"Throughout history, blame for the introduction of slavery to America has been squarely placed upon the male slave traders who ravaged African villages, the...

A learned, respected, accomplished man leaves a life of worldly success to serve Christ among "the least of these." Albert Schweitzer was a Renaissance ma...

In 1993, Sigrid Rausing, A Young Student Working On A Phd In Anthropology, Went To Spend A Year Living In Estonia, A Remote Baltic State That Had Just Gaine...

The Life, Times, And Work Of Herbert Marcuse, One Of The 20th Century's Most Remarkable Cultural Figures-- Assimilation & Catastrophe -- The Sorrows Of ...

In This Illuminating And Deeply Moving Memoir, A Former American Military Intelligence Officer Goes Beyond Traditional Cold War Espionage Tales To Tell The ...

Can’t get enough of The Crown? In this must-have exploration of the history behind seasons 2 and 3 of Peter Morgan’s Emmy-winning Netflix drama, the sh...

The Rich Pageant Of Britains History Emerges Nowhere More Colorfully Than In The Story Of Its Kings And Queens. This New Paperback Offers An Attractive And ...

The Mayor Of London And Former Spectator Editor Challenges Popular Misconceptions To Assess Churchill's Enduring Influence On The World, Discussing The Many...

The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered i...

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone again...

This Book Recounts The Story Of Three Cambridge-educated Englishmen And The Women With Whom They Chose To Share Their Commitment To Reason In All Parts Of T...

On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the...

Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict Arnold’s failed attempt to betray t...

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, and the Financial TimesA completely fresh view of one of the most gifted―and fascinating...

A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal "Illuminating. . . . Tunbridge's pithy A...

Biography of Marie Antoinette. The Washington Post - Suzanne D'Amato Weber's book is an ode to the art of dressmaking at its most fantastic, a heady, gorg...

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley C...

The official companion to the Emmy-winning Netflix drama chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and starring Claire Foy and John Lithgow, The Crown b...

I Shall Live tells the gripping true story of a Jewish family in Germany and Russia as the Nazi party gains power in Germany. When Henry Orenstein and his ...

"Will reveal Donne to a new generation...[and] propel John Stubbs into the first rank of biographers."—Peter Ackroyd The New York Times - Thomas Mallon Don...

The Captivating Story Of The Famed Savoy Hotel’s Founders, Told Through Three Generations—and One Hundred Years—of Glamour And High Society. For The G...

for The First Time, The Remarkable Story That Inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s kidnapped. publishers Weekly the Dramatic Tale Of James (jemmy) Annesley In...

this Hugely Successful Retelling Of The Fall Of Sir Thomas More Has Gained Plaudits For Its Stage, Movie, And Television Versions. Categories: Biographies...