History

Author: Laurence Louer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world When Mohammed died in 632...

Author: Marina Warner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile. 'Wonderful - a brave,...

Author: Leonard Mlodinow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 This "vivid and compelling account" (The Wall Street Journal) opens not only the inner workings of one of physics' greatest minds,...

Author: Frank McDonough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 656 The Second Volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous...

Author: Tracy Walder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink...

Author: Alex Von Tunzelmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An Economist Best Book of the Year In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the...

Author: Ha Jin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting- a narratively driven, deeply human biography of the 8th century poet, Li Bai--also...

Author: Keith Lowe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 Bestselling historian Keith Lowe's The Fear and the Freedom looks at the astonishing innovations that sprang from WWII and...

Author: Brad Ricca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full...

Author: Sue Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." -...

Author: Dorian Lynskey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey's account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory." --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and...

Author: Max Egremont Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Max Egremont, author of Some Desperate Glory, tells stories from the Glass Wall between Europe and Asia. Few countries have suffered...

Author: Amity Shlaes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 The New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge offers a stunning revision of our last...

Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The brilliant new book from the Chief Instructor of SAS: Australia that will explain the principles...

Author: Esther Safran Foer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that...

Author: David McKean Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A gripping and groundbreaking account of how all but one of FDR's ambassadors in Europe misjudged Hitler and his intentions As...

Author: Nigel Hamilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 To mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the stirring climax to Nigel Hamilton's three-part saga of FDR at war--proof that he...

Author: David Cannadine (University of London) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians. "An evocative account ....

Author: Frank McDonough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 From historian Frank McDonough, the first volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand. On January 30th,...

Author: David Polfeldt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 At Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, a key division of one of the largest, most influential companies in gaming, Managing Director...

Author: Antony Beevor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account....

Author: Justus Rosenberg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the...

Author: John Kelly Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In the summer of 1941, Harry Hopkins, Franklin Roosevelt's trusted advisor, arrived in Moscow to assess whether the US should send...

Author: Giles Milton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 From a master of popular history, the lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World...

Author: Paul Auster Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 800 A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2021 Booker Prize-shortlisted and New York Times bestselling...

Author: Hilary Spurling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The author of the award-winning Matisse: A Life gives us the definitive biography of writer Anthony Powell--and takes us deep into...

Author: David Sedaris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself?...

Author: Phil Bishop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Croak is a collection of delightful quotes and gorgeous photographs celebrating the underappreciated beauty of frogs. It will delight anyone with...

Author: Eric Berger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Just read it.' Elon Musk The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX-and Elon...

Author: William Walker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 A vivid, thrilling, and impeccably researched account of America's bloodiest battle ever--World War I's Meuse-Argonne Offensive--and the shocking American...