Europe

From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compileda trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxi...

In the tradition of Seabiscuit, the riveting tale of twoproud Scotsmen who beat all comers to become the heroesof a golden age the dawn of professional gol...

Puglia Is The Heel Stretching Down From The Spur Of The Italian Boot. It Boasts Very Beautiful Landscapes, Wonderful Old Cities With Romanesque Cathedrals, ...

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions of his own citi...

The New York Public Library, in looking back on the greatest books of the past century, called Churchill's history "monumental" and said that the author "d...

Hitler and the Holocaust is the product of a lifetime’s work by one of the world’s foremost authorities on the history of anti-Semitism and modern Jewr...

This Volume Is A Biography Of King Henry Ii Of England (1133-1189). The Author Offers Both A Study Of His Character, And An Estimate Of His Work As A Ruler....

From the assassination that set off World War I to the ethnic warfare sweeping Bosnia and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century--t...

Recalls The Nobel Laureate's War Years.Categories: HistoryMilitary

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

A new abridged edition of a highly acclaimed biography of Edward VIII, who left England as the Duke of Windsor less than eleven months after succeeding his ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali.Categories: HistoryEurope

These popular volumes offer a comprehensive, challenging introduction to the politics, economic development, social life, culture, and thought of early mo...

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Devil In The White City And Dead Wake Delivers A Fresh And Compelling Portrait Of Winston Churchill And Lond...

A Simon & Schuster book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

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...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFor eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her a...

“The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us...

Now in paperback-the 'amazing'( James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers) never-before-told story of the greatest escape of...

'Clements has a knack for writing suspenseful sure-footed conflict scenes: His recounting of the Korean invasion led by samurai and daimyo Toyotomi Hideyos...

Recounts the end of British colonialism and the political events leading to the independence of India, Palestine, Malaya, Iran, Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Gold Co...

F is for Fashion, Darling is an alphabet book parody for parents who know their Prada from their Pampers.Categories: Children's Books Activities, Crafts &am...

From Roman Times To The Present Day This Is The Story Of Black British HistoryCategories: Teen & Young Adult Education & Reference HistoryModern ...

Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth cent...

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life o...

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...

#1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. ...

Describes political developments in Europe from the aftermath of World War II to the decline of the Soviet empire. Describes polit...

Overview: Once Upon A Time An Indian Writer Named Amitav Ghosh Set Out To Find An Indian Slave, Name Unknown, Who Some Seven Hundred Years Before Had Travel...

The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, archi...

in 1386, A Few Days After Christmas, A Huge Crowd Gathers At A Parisian Monastery To Witness What Will Become The Nation's Final "trial By Combat"—a Court...

Pfaff Discusses Writers, Artists, Intellectual Soldiers, And Religious Revolutionaries (including : T.e. Lawrence -- Gabriele D'annunzio -- Ernst Jünger --...

On the heels of the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek's beloved and nostal...

Which king ordered everyone to bed at 8pm? How many Pot Noodles are sold every second in Great Britain? How many streets must a London cabbie memorize in or...

modern City-dwellers Suffer Their Share Of Unpleasant Experiences—traffic Jams, Noisy Neighbors, Pollution, Food Scares—but Urban Nuisances Of The Past Ex...

The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten—by the author of t...

The fascinating story of the Irish in Boston unfolds in this engagingly written history. Full of heroism and romance, politics and brawls, it tells the stor...

For Frederick The Great, The Prescription For Warfare Was Simple: Kurz Und Vives (short And Lively) - Wars That Relied Upon Swift, Powerful, And Decisive Mi...

When News Of The Budding Romance Between A Beloved English Prince And An American Actress Broke, It Captured The World's Attention And Sparked An Internatio...

The Age of Improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writing. Widely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teachi...

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

How much do you know about Ireland? There’s so much to learn about the Emerald Isle that even its residents don’t know. In this trivia book, you’ll l...

Robert Ward.Categories: History EuropePortugal & Spain

Making use of the formerly secret archives of the Soviet government, interviews, and first-hand personal experiences, Nathaniel Davis describes how the Russ...

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

Highlights from the horrid series that gets you hooked on history! Age 8+. Dimensions: 19 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm. Titles:The Awesome Egyptians; The Groovy Greeks; ...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...