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In all the sagas of human migration, none can top the drama of the journey by mid-Western farmers to Oregon and California in the years 1840-49. Seeking the promised land,...

An adventurous, dazzling and original continent-sized history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating present to life Stretching from the edge of Antarctica to the shores of the Caribbean,...

A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. In the closing months of...

What's gone wrong in the land of the free? Jack Huberman's bestseller, The Bush-Hater's Handbook, exposed the iniquities and idiocies of George W. Bush's first term in the White House....

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the PEN New England Award "Enchanting...A book filled with so much love...Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best...

In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had...

The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver-the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped...

Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor reveals George Washington's indispensable-yet overlooked-contributions to America's founding " To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a...

It is 1596 and in Mexico the Inquisition is at its most efficient. A young man trembles in his cell as he prays for salvation, torn between the Christianity he...

Long after its outbreak, the revolution remains the defining moment in Mexico's modern history. Yet the debate over its legacy continues to this day. In a comprehensible style, aimed at...

A Discover magazine Top Science Book Thomas Edison stunned America in 1879 by unveiling a world-changing invention--the light bulb--and then launching the electrification of America's cities. A decade later, despite...

The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...

Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and...

With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-72 'Pig War' broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed small island in the Gulf of Georgia shot...

Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906 examines how the American frontier was presented in theatrical productions during the critical period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of...

Born in Ireland in the 1840's, Eliza Lynch left the country as a young girl, fleeing the potato famine with her parents. As a young woman, she became one of...

The political memoir as rousing adventure story--a sizzling account of a life lived in the thick of every important struggle of the era. April 1973: snow falls thick and fast...

On a hot summer night in 1930, three black teenagers accused of murdering a young white man and raping his girlfriend waited for justice in an Indiana jail. A mob...

In today's world of constant identification checks, it's difficult to recall that there was ever a time when "proof of identity" was not a part of everyday life. And as...

A compelling insight into American history and politics in the 20th and 21st centuries Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from...

The National Museum of American History our country's largest history museum and one of the Smithsonian's most visited preserves three million objects that capture the American story. From this vast...

Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of 'In the Heart of the Sea', reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers' settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle...

On a vast plateau high in the Bolivian Andes live the "Sons of the Moon", the Aymara. This great pre-Columbian empire, the first in South America, was a peaceful nation...

The raucous memoir from pop's most influential producer Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack. Behind some of the biggest musical moments in...

When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters...

Completing a three-volume set on "The History of World Theater", this text examines theatre in Canada and Mexico, as well as the USA. Some 300 illustrations aid the depiction of...

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea....

As never before or since, Richard Wagner's name dominated American music-making at the close of the nineteenth century. Europe, too, was obsessed with Wagner, but - as Joseph Horowitz shows...

Detroit's Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on...

An instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from one of the world's leading economists: this "magisterial history" offers a grand narrative of the century that made us...

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in...

Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy, Zoellick identifies five traditions that have emerged from America's encounters with the world: the importance of North America; the special roles...

' Gripping history that also informs the present' Sunday Times 'A spectacular achievement' Dominic Sandbrook 'Fast-paced, absorbing, insightful' Simon Hall 'Simply superb' Kathryn Olmsted A celebrated British historian of US...

This work offers a look at the history of Georgia through over 100 primary documents. ""The Empire State of the South: Georgia History in Documents and Essays"" offers teachers of...

The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well as America; its environmental history and its linkage to...

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was...

A landmark autobiography and the definite account from a member of America s most heralded family. As a young man, Edward M. Kennedy played a key role in the presidential...

Originally published in 1957, this intimate view of the Coast Guard's dramatic World War II record has long been considered a classic. Out of print for years, it is once...

From the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 to the recent ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War, Bowman provides an invaluable guide to the climactic world events of this century. The expertly written...

A veritable folk hero in Latin America and Mexico's most important artist-along with his wife, painter Frida Kahlo-Diego Rivera (1886-1957) led a passionate life devoted to art and communism. After...

The dramatic story of George Washington's first crisis of the fledgling republic. In the war's waning days, the American Revolution neared collapsed when Washington's senior officers were rumored to be...

This book looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged information to agents of the southern States...

A journalistic history of America's Civil War, it records the war largely in terms of human-interest aspects. In more than 100 vignettes, the writings of soldiers, sailors, slaves, politicians, and...