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We the Women
Norah O'Donnell & Kate Andersen Brower
A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more ...
The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945
Frank McDonough
The Second Volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous defeat. In The Hitler Year...
The Demon of Unrest
Erik Larson
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln ...
Black AF History
Michael Harriot
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST ...
American Struggle
Jon Meacham
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates...
Danubia
Simon Winder
A charmingly personal history of Hapsburg Europe, as lively as it is informative, by the author of Germania For centuries much of Europe and the Holy ...
Rising from the Rails
Larry Tye
An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman porters played in the struggle for African American civil rights. George Pullman beg...
Empire of the Summer Moon
S. C. Gwynne
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the O...
The Nazi and the Psychiatrist
Jack El-Hai
In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, acco...
The Great Contradiction
Joseph J. Ellis
A major new history from our most trusted voice on the Revolutionary era, the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Founding Brothers and the National ...
The Gales of November
John U. Bacon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smithsonian • 10 Best History Books of 2025 Bookpage • Best Books of 2025 "A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classi...
Lies Across America
James W. Loewen
A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy pop history," by the bestselling, American Book Award–winning author "The ...
The Longest Day
Cornelius Ryan
From the acclaimed author of A Bridge Too Far comes the unparalleled, classic work of history that vividly recreates the battle that changed World War...
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Common Sense was a monumental pamphlet penned by Thomas Paine in 1776.In it, he advocated for an independent Thirteen Colonies. Naturally, it became i...
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION ...
Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen
The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize One of NPR's Books We Love One of New...
The Fate of the Generals
Jonathan Horn
“One of the very best World War II books in many years…A great read.” —General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA * “Fans of U...
Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi
The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. “An engrossing and rele...
They Knew They Were Pilgrims
John G. Turner
An ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing In 1620, separatists from...
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
Douglas Brunt
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” ( The New York Times ) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s ...