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Richard J. Evans examines how it was possible for a group of ideological obsessives to remould a society famous for its sophistication and complexity into a one-party state directed purely...

From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, a definitive new history of California-from the Spanish conquistadors to the Gold Rush to the state's meteoric rise as a tech powerhouse and bulwark...

A bold, eye-opening account of the coming integration of Europe and Asia Weaving together history, diplomacy, and vivid personal narratives from his overland journey across Eurasia from Baku to Samarkand,...

One of Library Journal 's 10 Best Books of 2015 Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an...

I have invented nothing, but memory weaves its own histories. These are travel stories, ranging in time and place. Some are memories of a re-imagined past, others more personal. Simon...

More than 800 years have past since the last barbarian horde slaughtered and plundered its way across Asia and Europe, yet civilized folks are still fascinated by tales of these...

News about the ongoing situation in Iraq dominates the news. From the almost daily terrorist incidents to difficulties encountered by the U.S. forces there to manage the changeover of power...

At the height of the roaring 20s, Swedish migr Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for matchstick monopolies. His enterprise...

There is no better record of events then The New York Times, and now, The Times of the Seventies captures the history, culture, and personalities of the decade through hundreds...

General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death...

Ever wondered how the monuments really looked in ancient Egypt? That is to say, how they were part of the natural environment, or more properly, how the natural environment was...

A roster of record-breakers in the sphere of military endeavour, spanning 4,000 years of human conflict. Organised by time period, with a detailed introduction at the beginning of each section,...

The book titled Labyrinths of Iron: Subways in History, Myth, Art, Technology, and War by the author Benson Bobrick. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

Discover the fascinating role journalism has played in war - in recording it, in helping determine its strategies, and in the final impressions of wars in history. This book gives...

From the early pioneers to the latest spaceflight technology, this groundbreaking book charts the inspirational story behind humankind's conquest of the skies. In the 100 years since the Wright brothers'...

An imaginative reconstruction of the mind of the young girl who was to become Queen Elizabeth I of England, that effulgent, daunting, and perplexing figure, one of the most influential...

After a thousand years of magic and mysticism, the Renaissance re-kindled the desire of mankind to understand themselves and the world around them. This volume examines the Renaissance, its myths,...

Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all...

This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover...

The book titled Danger and Survival # by the author McGeorge Bundy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

When we consider the Herculean figures on the long road to reason and the contributions they have made to our modern worldview, it is only natural to wonder what drove...

In the tradition of Band of Brothers and Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad, Donovan Webster's The Burma Road vividly recreates one of the astonishing and important events of the Second World War...

The book titled A History of the Jews by the author Paul Johnson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Foreword by Penelope Lively Cairo is a city of extremes. On its chaotic streets BMWs driven by sharp-suited businessmen compete for space with donkey carts laden with farm produce. In...

Paper by Ian Sansom, author of The Bad Book Affair , is a witty, personal, and entertaining meditation on the history and significance of paper. From the bathroom to the...

On 15 February 2003, an estimated two million Britons took to the streets of London to protest against the war in Iraq. Since the outbreak of that tragic conflict, the...

With illustrations and maps, a witty and erudite account of the history of circumnavigation and how it has influenced the way we think about the Earth and ourselves. In the...

A far-reaching history of terrorism across the world from its beginnings to the modern-day, from the highly acclaimed author of 'Sacred Causes' and 'Earthly Powers'. Basing his study on a...

In this book Max Hastings investigates what this norm might be -- and how it has changed over the centuries. While celebrating feats of outstanding valour, he also throws a...

The book titled Betrayal at Pearl Harbor: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into War by the author James Rusbridger. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Seven months before the troops landed at Gallipoli, a sailor from Melbourne became the nation?s ?rst casualty of World War 1. Able seaman William ?Billy? Williams was shot in the...

Throughout human history, violent conflict has been a fact of life. To know human history is to know the history of war. 3,000 Years of War covers all the significant...

This fascinating reference fuels the passionate debate about the biblical Exodus with a provocative thesis: Not only was Moses an Egyptian but so were the Hebrew people who followed him...

A collection of letters, personal testimony, transcripts, and various official records documents the effects of Emancipation on blacks and white throughout the Union.

Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy--a...

The historical achievements of religious belief have been large and well chronicled. But what about the accomplishments of those who have challenged religion? Traveling from classical Greece to twenty-first century...

"In a horoscope he cast in 1647 for Charles I, William Lilly, a noted English astrologer, made the following judgment: "Luna is with Antares, a violent fixed star, which is...

There can be few more discussed countries in the world today than India. In recent years it has shed its popular image as a poor, tradition-bound backwater to stand poised...

From the Paleolithic Era to 15th Century A.D., this book ranges across the five continents, discovering and presenting their most ancient treasures by following the tracks of those who brought...

An inside perspective to global diplomacy from one of the world's foremost diplomats. Today, we find ourselves in arguably the most dangerous geopolitical situations of modern time. Outlining key moments...

Everybody knows who was the first man on the moon; but who was the last? We know the dodo is extinct, but where was the last one seen - and...

This dramatic record of the key figures of the 20th century is a powerful and provocative look at the giants of our time - the groundbreakers, thought-provokers, heroes, visionaries, tyrants,...

Ben Wilson's "The Making of Victorian Values" is the history of an era rather like our own-a time when dissenters and rebels were hemmed in by conformists and hardheaded authoritarians,...

Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty...

Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches of the Somme, of Ypres and...

Arcturus Military Classics discuss the strategies, tactics and weapons of the two World Wars, and vividly bring to life how these were employed on the battlefields of Europe, North Africa...