Women in History

The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable...

This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that d...

The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn’t be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her...

For Fans Of The Netflix Series The Crown And From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of 17 Carnations Comes A Captivating Biography Of Queen Elizabeth Ii...

Critically acclaimed author Kathryn Casey delivers a riveting account of the brutal murders of young women in the I-45/Texas Killing Fields—a chilling tr...

After serving the highest office of American government, five men—Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama—...

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth...

A Literary Account Of The Lives And Presumed Serial Killings Of Five Craigslist Prostitutes, Whose Bodies Were Found On The Same Long Island Beach In 2010. ...

"[The Book of] Revelation has served as a "language arsenal" in a great many of the social, cultural, and political conflicts in Western history. Again ...

In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicenten...

Contains new facts concerning Nixon, Watergate, and the death of Dorothy Hunt, wife of E. Howard HuntDorothy Hunt, “An Amoral and Dangerous Woman” tell...

A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three ge...

Dianaworld: An ObsessionCategories: History WorldWomen in History

They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leafl...

Riane Eisler Shows Us How History Has Consistently Promoted The Link Between Sex And Violence—and How We Can Sever This Link And Move To A Politics Of Par...

Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award\The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the writer...

Investigative journalist Lee Smith tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popula...

#1 New York Times Bestseller?Peter Schweizer says that, in a quarter-century as an investigative journalist, this is the scariest investigation he has ever ...

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller A revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of our time, written by the former...

Harriet Tubman, forced to labor outdoors on a Maryland plantation, learned from the land a terrain for escape. Louisa May Alcott ran wild, eluding gendere...

James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit G...

judging By Today's Bestseller Lists, One Would Think That Religion Is Either Irrational Or Extreme. What's Missing Is A Genuine Debate Between The Atheists...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washi...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account...

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I’s favorite, George Villiers, the first ...

A Revelatory History--spanning Continents And Millennia--of How The Distribution Of Water Has Shaped Human Civilization, By The Chief Strategy Officer And G...

What Was It Like To Work In A Canadian Second World War Munitions Factory? What Were Working Conditions Like? Did Anyone Die? Just How Closely Did Female Em...

In this courageous memoir, Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, tells her inspirational story of how she emerged from...

The first black woman to escape from slavery in the British colonies and publish a record of her experiences, Prince vividly recalls her life in the West ...

Pat Buchanan, Bestselling Author And Former Senior Adviser To President Richard Nixon In The White House, For The First Time Describes His Years Advising Th...

How Did Women In 16th Century Western Europe Cope With The Consequences Of Being Considered Inherently Sinful--as Well As Being Legally And Economically Sub...

Now A Global Bestseller, The Remarkable Life Of Rigoberta Menchú, A Guatemalan Peasant Woman, Reflects On The Experiences Common To Many Indian Communities...

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remark...

this Is A Charming Portrait Of Childhood In The Russian Market Town Where The Great Painter And His Wife Grew Up. Bella's Warm, Humorous Stories Of Her Piou...

For Readers Of The Historical Works Of Robert K. Massie, David Mccullough, And Alison Weir Comes The First Biography On The Life Of Abigail Adams And Her Si...

"This vibrant book of wonders speaks true and dreams deep. Writng with blazing honesty she tells of her hard-won knowledge of many of the world's spiritual...

An Autobiography Of Lagnado's Early Years As An Immigrant From Cairo To Brooklyn, Reflecting On Her Own Mother's Story As She Makes Her Own Choices. Lucette...

Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children’s departure for college, and her own recent...

A Memoir Of A City, An Industry, And A Dynasty In Decline, And The Story Of A Young Artist's Struggle To Find Her Way Out Of The Ruins. Frances Stroh's Earl...

Divorced at ten, a mother at thirteen & three times a widow. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen', Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the T...

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in...

Focuses On The Rich Social And Cultural History Of Christianity Through The Ages, From Its Roots In Palestine To Its Development As A Global Movement. Chris...

In this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his ...

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting chi...

Elissa Wall Details Her Life Growing Up In The Polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints Religious Sect, Being Forced Into An Unwanted Marriage At The Age...

***new York Times Bestseller*** ***best Books Of 2018 Selection By*** * Washington Post * People * Npr * Esquire * Elle * Wired * Refinery 29 * “in A Year...

Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as the...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE. Celebrate thirty years of...