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The Conversation
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Mom On A Mission
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Guns N’ Poses
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Why We Need Quantitative Sports History
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Summed Up: The History You Need to Know
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Editors’ Picks: History
Skip carouselInternational bestseller…
Dr. Harari’s seminal work merges science with history to give a thorough saga of the human species. Beginning with the appearance of modern cognition, Harari traces the evolution of humanity to challenge commonly held beliefs about our biology, our history, and ourselves.
Eloquent history…
This elegant and eloquent history of humanity examines not just how human society developed, but why it developed differently in different cultures. A must–read for the history buff and the layperson alike.
A Modern Marvel...
With verve & vitality, McCullough tells the amazing story of a modern marvel. From dangerous working conditions to corrupt bargains to heroic feats, this is the story of how a bridge came to symbolize New York.
Humanistic perspective...
Zinn's iconic alternative history is an enduring look into the people, rather than the politics, that shaped the current American landscape.
A microbial adversary…
Acclaimed science author Mukherjee tells the story of humanity’s most formidable adversary with the passion of a biographer in this Pulitzer Prize-winner.
A novelist’s flair…
A breathtaking marriage of two stories—the construction of the World’s Fair & of a mass murderer taking advantage of the festivities—that’s so full of flair & fantastic happenings, it reads like fiction. Larson at his best.
Gridiron politics...
Goodwin has an almost preternatural ability to make the past feel like the present. Her award-winning story of skyrocketing inequality and gridiron politics in the Progressive Era is richly told and all too familiar.
Essential walkthrough…
From one of America’s most beloved historians, the Pulitzer Prize–winning McCullough, comes the essential walkthrough of the pivotal year when the Declaration of Independence was signed but the Revolutionary War raged on.
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Black History Month: A Reading List
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- Parting the Waters
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- Our Kind of People
- The Mis-Education of the Negro
- King Leopold's Ghost
- The Emancipation of Robert Sadler
- Worse Than Slavery
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- The Bill of the Century
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- The Last Voyage of Columbus
- Lincoln for President
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- The American Revolution of 1800
- They Made America
- The Religious History of America
- Tiger Force
- Opium Wars
- Downtown
- The Three Documents that Made America
- Blood Royal
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- Eyes on Target
The Quirkiest Microhistories
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- A History of the World in 6 Glasses
- The Professor and The Madman
- E=mc2
- Just My Type
- The Monopolists
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- In the Heart of the Sea
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Pulitzer Prize–Winning History Books
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- The Metaphysical Club
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- No Ordinary Time
- The Radicalism of the American Revolution
- Parting the Waters
- The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
- Lamy of Santa Fe
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- A Stillness at Appomattox
- Reveille in Washington
- My Experiences In The World War – Vol. I [Illustrated Edition]
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- The Victory At Sea
- History of the Civil War, 1861-1865
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From the Editors
Smashing every expectation…
This biography of the Founding Father without a father inspired the hottest musical currently running on Broadway. Chernow maps how young, scrappy & hungry Hamilton became an integral part of American politics.
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Light in the shadows…
A compassionate, award-winning memoir of Stalin’s only daughter and the strange, fragmented trajectory of her life trying to escape the shadow of her father. Illuminates dark patches of the past previously unexplored.
The Founding Fathers
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- Twenty Years After
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