Historical

The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s gr...

Anne Lamott claims the two best prayers she knows are: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She has a friend whose morning pr...

A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, v...

Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, ...

Susan Orlean Reopens The Unsolved Mystery Of The Most Catastrophic Library Fire In American History, And Delivers A Dazzling Love Letter To A Beloved Instit...

From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBi...

This 35th anniversary edition of a best-selling book recounts Corrie tenBoom's horrific experiences in Hitler's concentration camps, explains how she surv...

Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion: a roughhewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. But, thanks to th...

Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns hi...

One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this super...

Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo – a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who ...

The second volume of Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era. Jeff Shesol Branch spins an intricate, seamless web of politics and personalities, ambition ...

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible...

Chronicles John F. Kennedy's Childhood, Wartime Actions, Political Campaigns, Presidency, Marriage And Personal Life, And Health, Revealing Insights Into Hi...

"The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1...

Robin Olds was many things to many people. To his West Point football coach he was an All American destined for the National College Football Hall of Fame....

Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseba...

JOHN BOLTON READS THE EPILOGUE!As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of 453 days in the room where it happened, and the fac...

It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfie...

A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.Founder of a dynasty, builder of the ori...

This Multiple Biography Is Centered On Lincoln's Mastery Of Men And How It Shaped The Most Significant Presidency In The Nation's History. Historian Goodwin...

“Enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance . . . A very moving book.” —James Salter, The Washington Post Book World A classic of ...

Featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, Shortest Way Home is Pete Buttigieg’s inspirational story that challenges our perception of ...

Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before...

In March of 1992, the highest–ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to break his oath of silence testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salva...

We need reminders of God's power now more than ever. We often think about prayer as a wish list, with God as Santa Claus. The reality is that the power of...

Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from ...

On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma City-style, and to le...

From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist...

...one Of The Most Compelling Accounts Of Slavery And One Of The Most Unique Of The One Hundred Or So Slave Narratives - Mostly Written By Men - Published B...

A Timely, Riveting Book That Presents For The First Time An Alternative History Of 1930s Britain, Revealing How Prominent Fascist Sympathizers Nearly Succee...

Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwr...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how--and why--he confronted seces...

"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplish...

Drawing On Newly Discovered Archival Material And Extensive Interviews With Truman's Own Family, Friends, And Washington Colleagues, Mccullough Tells The De...

when It Was Published In 1995, Mary Karr's the Liars' Club Took The World By Storm And Raised The Art Of The Memoir To An Entirely New Level, As Well As B...

The New York Times bestseller from prizewinning author David Michaelis presents a "stunning" (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roos...

"The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh...

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bus...

"The best memoirs of any general's since Caesar."-Mark Twain. Booknews **** Reprint of the 1885-86 edition (cited in BCL3) with a selection of Matthew B...

An engrossing biography of President Lyndon Johnson from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of RivalsHailed by the New York Times as “the most p...

This is the first edition for sixty years of the earliest surviving autobiography in English, the unique account (dated 1436-8) of the extraordinary life, ...

In This Revelatory, Authoritative Portrait Of Donald J. Trump And The Toxic Family That Made Him, Mary L. Trump, A Trained Clinical Psychologist And Donald’...

turning Away From The Privileged World Of The "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) Explored, Mapped, And Excavated The World Of The Arabs. Recrui...

Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: “[A] commanding and important book.”—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker This epic work—named a ...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In this #1 New York Times Bestseller, the iconic a...

George Stephanopoulos, Former Senior Advisor To President Clinton And For More Than 20 Years Host Of This Week And Good Morning America, Recounts Never-befo...