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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 ...
Dreams of El Dorado
H. W. Brands
From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyon...
The Formation of Christendom
Judith Herrin
A groundbreaking history of how the Christian “West” emerged from the ancient Mediterranean world In this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judi...
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale...
Firestorm
Jacob Soboroff
New York Times Bestseller and #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller A "gripping, unshakeable firsthand account" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) of the firestorm...
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...
We the Women
Norah O'Donnell & Kate Andersen Brower
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for free...
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...
How to Kill a Witch
Zöe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell
“Terrifying, fascinating, and important.” —Sara Sheridan, author of Where Are the Women? and The Fair Botanists Nothing brings people together like a ...
The River of Doubt
Candice Millard
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait—the bestselling author of River of the Gods br...
Humankind
Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore & Elizabeth Manton
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “lively” ( The New Yorker) , “convincing” ( Forbes ), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right ...
King of Kings
Scott Anderson
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION • KIRKUS...
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...
New York Times: Disunion
The New York Times, Clay Risen, George Kalogerakis & Ted Widmer
A major collection of modern commentary from scholars, historians, and Civil War buffs' on the Civil War, from The New York Times' Disunion on-line jo...
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 ...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Bob Carruthers
The essential primary-source history of the British Isles through the early Middle Ages, fully annotated and illustrated with paintings and engravings...
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...
A Cruel and Shocking Act
Philip Shenon
A groundbreaking, explosive account of the Kennedy assassination that will rewrite the history of the 20th century's most controversial murder investi...
Confronting Evil
Bill O'Reilly & Josh Hammer
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! By the #1 bestselling history author in the world, Bill O'Reilly: A dramatic confrontation with good, evil, and ...
On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed
NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2021 New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2021 New York Times Bestseller Best Books of the Year • Washington ...