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Rhodes: The Race for Africa

Antony Thomas

Anthony Thomas, a South African exiled in 1977 after he made an anti-apartheid documentary, approached English empire...

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

Tim Jeal

Jeal recounts each perilous expedition to unlock the secrets of the Nile watershed with an astonishing clarity and...

Britain on the Brink: The Cold War’s Most Dangerous Weekend, 27-28 October 1962

Jim Wilson

About the Author Journalists Jim Wilson and Russell Findlay have many years experience reporting crime in Scotland....

A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England

Michelle Higgs

a brilliant guided tour of Charles Dicken's and other eminent Victorian Englishmen's England, with insights into where...

Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia

Steven Stoll

Short-listed for the 2018 Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Book Award "The book is a masterpiece of panoramic...

The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America

John Demos

Fascinating and alluring in the way the best writing on history can be."-- The Observer "Powerful and useful. . ....

Changing My Mind

Margaret Trudeau

About the Author From the heights of fame to despair, and from illness to robust health, MARGARET TRUDEAU , Canada’s...

The Black Russian

Vladimir Alexandrov

From Booklist *Starred Review* Born in Mississippi, in 1872, to former slaves, Frederick Bruce Thomas became rich and...

One-Night Stands with American History

Richard Shenkman

Richard Shenkman is an associate professor of history at George Mason University and the New York Times bestselling...

The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free

Paulina Bren

More than a biography of a building, the book is an absorbing history of labor and women’s rights in one of the...

Life in the Third Reich: Daily LIfe in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945

Paul Roland

About the Author Paul Roland is the author of more than thirty books including Hauntings, Nazis and the Occult, The...

The Templars: The Secret History Revealed

Barbara Frale

From Booklist Founded just after the First Crusade, the Knights of the Temple was a military-religious order subject...

The Last Good Heist: The Inside Story of The Biggest Single Payday in the Criminal History of the Northeast

Wayne Worcester

Raymond Patriarca - a mob boss more frightening and more powerful than Whitey Bulger on his best day. I thought I knew...

The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

Bruce Cumings

From Publishers Weekly For many, the Korean War is remembered more for Hawkeye and Klinger than General MacArthur and...

Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

James M. McPherson

The New York Times Book Review: “The best concise book we have on the subject.” The Wall Street Journal : “Mr....

Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

Geoffrey Cain

“ Samsung Rising reads like a dynastic thriller, rolling through three generations of family intrigue, embezzlement,...

Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence

Bill James

“An engagingly written history of well-publicized deadly crimes.”— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For true-crime...

Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise

Jack Parlett

“A beautiful, beguiling journey to the ultimate queer utopia, a site of riotous hedonism, wild creativity and immense...

Fear of Our Father: The True Story of Abuse, Murder, and Family Ties

Lisa Bonnice

Review “A gut-wrenching story...Brace yourself… Fear of Our Father reveals one complication after another. If ever...

T-34 in Action

Artem Drabkin

This pioneering book, which is based on extensive interviews with tank crews, records their experiences and offers...

Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars

Scotty Bowers

“I have known Scotty Bowers for the better part of a century. I’m so pleased that he has finally decided to tell...

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Carl Hoffman

“[Hoffman’s] reporting takes hold, drawing a vivid portrait of the world of the Asmat people, hunter-gatherers who...

The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter

John C. Duval

About the Author John C. Duval was born in 1816 to a distinguished family in Kentucky. Upon meeting fellow Texas Ranger...

The Kennedy Autopsy

Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo,...