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Murderland
Caroline Fraser
An Edgar Award finalist for True Crime • A National Bestseller • A Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker , Fo...
Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
Ada Ferrer
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” ( The Wall Str...
The Undiscovered Country
Paul Andrew Hutton
New York Times Bestseller A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year A True West Magazine Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the ...
Hitler and the Habsburgs
James Longo
"A detailed and moving picture of how the Habsburgs suffered under the Nazi regime…scrupulously sourced, well-written, and accessible."— Publishers We...
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Damien Lewis
One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily Express In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe i...
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...
Where the Birds Never Sing
Jack Sacco
"This book will find a place with the world War II remembrances of Tom Brokaw and Stephen Ambrose and the film Saving Private Ryan . . . compelling." ...
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...
Roots
Alex Haley
Based off of the bestselling author's family history, this novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, who is sold into slavery in the United States where h...
The Black History Book
DK
Learn about the most important milestones in Black history in The Black History Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tric...
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...
Rise and Kill First
Ronen Bergman
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East,...
The Nine
Gwen Strauss
THE BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[A] narrative of unfathomable courage" ― Wall Street Journal The Nine follows the true story of the author’s gr...
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 ...
Victory at Sea
Paul M. Kennedy
A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II "A brilliant and gripping book by a master...
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...
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 Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson
America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who w...
Dreyfus
Ruth Harris
The definitive, award-winning history of the infamous Dreyfus Affair, a scandal that shook nineteenth-century France and stunned the world. National J...
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 ...