Genre: History Books

Found 345 books in total
[EPUB] The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
[EPUB] The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
2016,
To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in...
[EPUB] Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
[EPUB] Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
2023,
The revelatory Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction, New York Times and...
[EPUB] In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet , Sophie R. Lewis (Translator) , Carmen Maria Machado (Introduction)
[EPUB] In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet , Sophie R. Lewis (Translator) , Carmen Maria Machado (Introduction)
2022,
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (...
[EPUB] In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe
[EPUB] In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe
2016,
In this original and trenchant work, Christina Sharpe interrogates literary, visual,...
[EPUB] The Titanic Chronicles A Night to Remember by Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick (Introduction)
[EPUB] The Titanic Chronicles A Night to Remember by Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick (Introduction)
2005,
The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic , in a 50th...
[EPUB] Day of Infamy by Walter Lord
[EPUB] Day of Infamy by Walter Lord
2001,
A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of the surprise...
[EPUB] The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock , The Washington Post
[EPUB] The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock , The Washington Post
2021,
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative...
[EPUB] Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
[EPUB] Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
2021,
"Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and...
[EPUB] Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn
[EPUB] Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn
2023,
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” ( The Wall Street...
[EPUB] Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters by Thomas Paine , Eric Foner (Editor)
[EPUB] Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters by Thomas Paine , Eric Foner (Editor)
1995,
Thomas Paine was the impassioned democratic voice of the Age of Revolution, and this...
[EPUB] Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
[EPUB] Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
2002,
Drawing together many histories-of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills...
[EPUB] Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
[EPUB] Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
2017,
A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues—from the Antonine Plague, to...
[EPUB] It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright
[EPUB] It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright
2015,
A history of heartbreak-replete with beheadings, uprisings, creepy sex dolls, and...
[EPUB] Common Sense and Other Writings by Thomas Paine
[EPUB] Common Sense and Other Writings by Thomas Paine
2005,
Common Sense and Other Writings , by Thomas Paine , is part of the Barnes & Noble...
[EPUB] But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies by Akasha Gloria Hull (Editor) , Gloria T. Hull (Editor) , Patricia Bell-Scott (Editor) , Brittney Cooper (Afterword) , Barbara Smith (Editor)
[EPUB] But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies by Akasha Gloria Hull (Editor) , Gloria T. Hull (Editor) , Patricia Bell-Scott (Editor) , Brittney Cooper (Afterword) , Barbara Smith (Editor)
2016,
Published in 1982, But Some of Us Are Brave was the first-ever Black women's studies...
[EPUB] The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West by Jeff Guinn
[EPUB] The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West by Jeff Guinn
2011,
For the first time, and by a bestselling author, the full story of the gunfight at...
[EPUB] She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright
[EPUB] She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright
2021,
A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered--for revenge, for love, and...
[EPUB] Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn
[EPUB] Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn
2009,
Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Previous...
[EPUB] American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
[EPUB] American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
2010,
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City ,...
[EPUB] The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss
[EPUB] The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss
2006,
A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Tom Reiss’s panoramic bestseller tells the...
[EPUB] Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire by Mark Bowden
[EPUB] Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire by Mark Bowden
2001,
Doctor Dealer is the story of Larry Lavin, a bright, charismatic young man who rose...
[EPUB] Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden
[EPUB] Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden
2017,
"The story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point of the American...
[EPUB] The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Mark Bowden
[EPUB] The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Mark Bowden
2012,
From Mark Bowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comes...
[EPUB] Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden
[EPUB] Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden
2011,
Worm: The First Digital World War tells the story of the Conficker worm, a potentially...
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