An important book of epic scope on America’s first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for changeThe civil war brought to a climax the country’s bitter...

The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who...

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into...

In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours...

A riveting biography of Walter F. White, a little-known Black civil rights leader who passed for white in order to investigate racist murders, help put the NAACP on the map, and...

If you are reading this or listening to this in audio form, you are very curious about various themes of history. To be sure, there are numerous books or reprints relating to this...

The life story of an aristocratic Scottish trans man—whose secret 1968 legal case had a profound impact on trans rights for decades.Ewan Forbes was born to a wealthy,...

The Birdsville Track runs through three deserts, from Marree in northern South Australia, to Birdsville in outback Queensland. This legendary, dirt road has a rich folk history,...

‘He unfurls his intellectual history in the form of vivid biographies . . . [an] engaging movement through time towards France’s recent reckonings with extremism,...

Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general author of the classic: "Vom Kriege" - On War, still a mandatory work on wars and military strategies today. In addition to...