The Story of ChristianityDavid Bentley Hart★★★★★4.6(357)A theologian of exceptional quality - but also a brilliant stylist― Dr. Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of...
Golden Gates: The Housing Crisis and a Reckoning for the American DreamConor Dougherty★★★★★4.6(356)“[I] seriously admir[ed Golden Gates ]. It focuses on the acute shortage of affordable housing in the San Francisco...
Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed AmericaJim Rasenberger★★★★★4.6(353)“The story of how Colt raised himself from frontier huckster to great American industrialist is the subject of Jim...
Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American CultureAnthony Esolen★★★★★4.6(336)Anthony Esolen , Professor of English at Providence College, is the editor and translator of the Modern Library edition...
The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome (New Press People's History)Michael Parenti★★★★★4.6(329)From Publishers Weekly Why did a group of Roman senators gather near Pompey's theater on March 15, 44 B.C., to kill...
For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012, 3rd EditionAllan R. Millett★★★★★4.6(324)A work of fine research, peer review and precise, evenhanded writing that is standing the test of time." -- Kirkus...
Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic ChurchH. W. Crocker★★★★★4.6(324)Mr.Crocker's book is engaging, provocative, and eminently readable. It should be around for Vatican III."— William F....
Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War IAlexander Watson★★★★★4.6(298)Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History Winner of the Wolfson History Prize The Society of Military...
Etty Hillesum: A Life TransformedPatrick Woodhouse★★★★★4.6(294)About the Author Patrick Woodhouse is Canon Precentor of Wells Cathedral where he has responsibility for music and...
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Essential Mike Davis)Mike Davis★★★★★4.6(292)Review “Davis’ work is the cruel and perpetual folly of the ruling elites.” — New York Times “As central to...
BanarasDiana L. Eck★★★★★4.6(290)Review In Banaras, Diana Eck... has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites.... Her...
The Condition of the Working Class in England (Oxford World's Classics)Friedrich Engels★★★★★4.6(286)About the Author David McLellan is a leading scholar of Marx and Marxism, and the editor of Marxism: Essential Writings...
Battle: The Story of the BulgeJohn Toland★★★★★4.6(285)The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and evaluation, and the...
Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash With the Superbattleship MusashiGregory G. Fletcher★★★★★4.6(280)“ Intrepid Aviators provides a rare look at a successful but little-appreciated unit in the Pacific War. Torpedo...
War on the Waters: The Union & Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)James M. McPherson★★★★★4.6(275)McPherson, professor emeritus of Princeton and dean of Civil War historians, enhances our knowledge with this history...
Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical TruthMark David Hall★★★★★4.6(275)Mark David Hall is the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics and Faculty Fellow in the William Penn Honors...
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden GospelsJanet Martin Soskice★★★★★4.6(269)A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Yearxa0A Washingtonxa0Post Best Book of the Yearxa0A Library Journal Best...
Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of RomeStephen Dando-Collins★★★★★4.6(268)A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X--arguably the...
Isaac's Army: A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied PolandMatthew Brzezinski★★★★★4.6(265)From Booklist Much has been made of supposed Jewish passivity in the face of escalating Nazi terror. This ignores the...
The Letters of the Younger Pliny (Penguin Classics)the Younger Pliny★★★★★4.6(261)Pliny (c. AD 61-113), axa0prominent lawyer and administrator,xa0was also a prolific letter-writer. Betty Radice was an...
Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and PeaceD. C. B. Lieven★★★★★4.6(256)About the Author Dominic Lieven is professor of Russian history at the London School of Economics. His previous books...
Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary WarRichard M. Ketchum★★★★★4.6(255)“This is superbly researched, full-scale narrative history at its best.” ― David McCullough “More than a...
VimyPierre Berton★★★★★4.6(248)From the Inside Flap ster dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in...
The War Against the Jews, 1933–1945Lucy S. Dawidowicz★★★★★4.6(238)“A forceful blend of narrative and conclusion . . . a clarification of modern history’s most horrifying passages”...