History

In An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, Michael Burlingame has uncovered buried Lincoln treasure from the papers of one of Lincoln’s private secretaries, J...

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Our world is in crisis mode, but God is still on the throne in this powerful and prophetic book from New York Times bestselling author and pastor John Hagee...

This is the drinker's guide to every aspect of whisky, from Scotch to Japanese, rye to bourbon and beyond. With hundreds of entries covering everything fr...

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights move...

You can be young, passionate about Jesus Christ, surrounded by diversity, engaged in a postmodern world, reared in evangelicalism and not be an emergent Ch...

"Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open," and He stands crying out to all to accept His call. Delivered more than 250 years ago, "Sinners in the Hand...

Familiar to anyone versed in the history of World War II or interested in the study of modern intelligence work, Bletchley Park was arguably the most succ...

What Should Christians Think About Donald Trump? His Policies, His Style, His Personal Life? Thirty Evangelical Christians Wrestle With These Tough Question...

An Award-winning Author Reconsiders The Role Of Historians In Political Debate. For Generations, British Thinkers Told The History Of An Empire Whose Story ...

Racism is pervasive in today's world, and many are complicit in the failure to confront its evils. Jemar Tisby, author of the award-winning The Color of Com...

I came across this blog while reading Forbes online and enjoyed the first class writing. It reminded me of, and was in the same big league as “A year in P...

Albanians -- Serbs -- Creating History -- From Dardania To Yugoslavia -- Kosovo In Yugoslavia -- From The Golden Age To The Memorandum -- The Milošević-ru...

In eight chapters and with over 225 photographs and original illustrations, this book provides a fascinating and colourful view of the history and tradition...

Twenty years ago, in 1954, novelist Shelby Foote began this monumental work with these words: "It was a Monday in Washington, January 21; Jefferson Davis r...

On 2 June 1953, 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York was crowned Queen, the eyes of the world upon her as she dedicated herself to her country. It is fasc...

When Hitler’s government collapsed in 1945, Germany was immediately divided up under the control of the Allied Powers and the Soviets. A nation in tatter...

This Eloquent, Impassioned Manifesto Is Possibly The Most Important Message The Dalai Lama Can Give Us About The Future Of Our World. It's His Rallying Cry,...

'the Epic Story Of An Iconic Aircraft And The Breathtaking Courage Of Those Who Flew Her' Andy Mcnab, Bestselling Author Of Bravo Two Zero 'compelling, Thri...

From the terror of a father and his young son trapped in a Cornish cave by a huge storm tide to a terrified child trapped in an upturned pleasure boat off t...

What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins th...

The rich tapestry of nearly 2,000 years of church history overflows with persons, places, events, dates, and ideas. This volume in the popular ZondervanCha...

The fast-paced and "engrossing account" (The New York Times Book Review) of "one of the greatest breakthroughs in archaeological history" (The Christian Sci...

History with the nasty parts left in! The Rotten Romans follows life for folks in Roman Britain from Nasty Nero and other awful emperors, to Brave Boudicca ...

A National bestseller, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy has been widely acclaimed for identifying and defining the core body of knowledge that no litera...

Open Virgil's Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook and you'll find a winning mix of barbecue and grilling recipes plus perfect summer sides for quick weekday dinner...

A revised, updated and even more Canadian edition of the classic bestseller. In 1977, The Book of Lists, the first and best compendium of facts weirder tha...

No Empire Has Been Larger Or More Diverse Than The British Empire. At Its Apogee In The 1930s, 42 Million Britons Governed 500 Million Foreign Subjects. Bri...

Review\"Few public officials in Canadian history wrought more fundamental change than Michael Wilson – all while dealing with overwhelming family pressure...

Malcolm Gladwell Weaves Together The Stories Of A Dutch Genius And His Homemade Computer, A Band Of Brothers In Central Alabama, A British Psychopath, And P...

“I couldn’t put the book down…very scary indeed.” —Los Angeles TimesThe Classic Account Of One Of The World’s Most Feared Serial Killers Decade...

From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. DK's Explorers tells th...

A must for every Canadian home, "A Day in the Life of Canada" is a pictorial celebration of life north of the 49th parallel. A scr...

“Every Christian ought to be a good historian, and if his knowledge of history be improved by him as it ought, the better historian he is, the better Chri...

In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant gro...

pittsburgh's East Liberty Valley Originally Consisted Of Lush Hunting Grounds Used By Many Native American Groups. In The 1700's British General John Forbes...

A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the ...

The real collusion in the 2016 election was not between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. It was between the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration...

The ancient Greeks set out from their mountainous land at the end of the Balkan peninsula to colonize and settle almost all the Mediterranean and Black Sea...

The Subject Is Cold-war Hollywood, But Mr. Navasky Goes Far Beyond That Small Town And Brings The Subject Right Up To The Present. The Informer As Patriot -...

"Rosalind Miles has rescued from obscurity women of astonishing ability, courage and determination. . . . An exuberant book, written in a jazzy, colorful s...

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...

This fourth book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won a...

A Through-the-Alphabet Celebration of Queer History in the US, from the Publisher of the New York Times Bestseller The ABCs of Black History In a beautifu...

in This Original And Meticulous Work Of Historical Ethnography, Janice Boddy Deftly Offers An Acute Analysis Of Imperial Ambition And The Gendering Of Pol...

Glorious Photographs Of Every Part Of The World. Delving Deeply Into Century-old Picture Archive National Geographic Presents The World's Hugely Diverse Pla...

In Did Jesus Exist? historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman confronts the question, "Did Jesus exist at all?" Ehrman vigorously defends the historical Jesus...

The profound emotion felt around the world upon seeing images of Notre-Dame in flames opens up a series of questions: Why was everyone so deeply moved? Wh...