From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Lawrence in Arabia, a stunningly revelatory narrative history......more

Indispensable and timely - Melissa Chan, Emmy-nominated international affairs correspondent Few books qualify as essen......more

From haunted houses to sandy beaches, The Nightmares of Presence explores the role of setting in inspiring fear and wond......more

This is the first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation. This critical work elaborates the life and ti......more

Exploring the role that courts martial played in the professional lives of flag officers in the late Georgian Royal Navy......more

To date, mourning has not featured prominently in studies of ancient Roman society, and this book redresses this by pres......more

From Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles (2011) to Pat Barker’s The Voyage Home (2024), there has been a huge rise in......more

In the last few years, there has been a major and unmissable surge in women’s retellings and re-creations of ancient myt......more

This book is a detailed account of the Radical War in 1820s Scotland, highlighting the conditions that led to the revolt......more

China’s rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history. This book follows China’s geopol......more

China’s rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history. This book follows China’s geopol......more

In this in-depth and wide-ranging study, Shirzad Azad explores the changing relationship between post-Saddam Hussein Ira......more

The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern unive......more

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Between 1837 and 1920, 1.3 million indentured labourers migrated from India to sugar plantation colonies in the Indian O......more

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Esoteric Orientalism studies Victorian esotericism and academic Orientalism as the nineteenth century’s most significant......more

Esoteric Orientalism studies Victorian esotericism and academic Orientalism as the nineteenth century’s most significant......more

Most American women of the 1940s did not attend college; learn to fly a plane, drive a 21/2 ton truck or a Sherman tank;......more

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Revealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long ......more

The Ramos Gin Fizz was invented sometime around 1890 by Henry Charles "Carl" Ramos at his Imperial Cabinet saloon in New......more

Now in paperback: "A profound alternative institutional history, one that sees the long arm of institutional racism impl......more

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-des......more

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History The first and definitive history of the use of food in United Stat......more

The dramatic, untold story of Eugénie de Montijo, the woman who created haute couture, fought for women’s rights, opened......more

Virginia Woolf’s pioneering work of feminism, "probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman i......more

The foundations of modern political thought, presumed secular, were laid in conversation with theologically motivated po......more

This edited collection reviews the key developments in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war with a view to determining salien......more

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A lively, hilarious, and entirely truthful look at the druggie side of history’s most famous figures, including Shakespe......more

A new account of how Haiti under French colonial rule became a violent sugar plantation state In the early eighteenth ce......more

An epic, riveting history based on new interviews and research that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful d......more

In 1898 the United States became a formal overseas empire and claimed sovereignty over the Philippine islands, justifyin......more

In 1898 the United States became a formal overseas empire and claimed sovereignty over the Philippine islands, justifyin......more

The collected essays in Pathos and Power provide a critical exploration of widowhood in Africa through a series of histo......more

The proliferation of railroads around the world was integral to the emergence of a global market-based economy at the tu......more

The proliferation of railroads around the world was integral to the emergence of a global market-based economy at the tu......more

Venice was a major center of art in the Renaissance: the city where the medium of oil on canvas became the norm. The ach......more

"Salena Zito is the journalist who knows Trump--and his voters--better than anyone." - The Free Press From the acclaimed......more

The environmental consequences of the US military presence from World War II through the end of the US war in Vietnam. O......more

On a late March morning in the spring of 1942, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible choices: between her family a......more

"Like al-Qazwīnī himself, Travis Zadeh has written a deliciously baggy tome, full of delights and diversions in its tour......more

Around the world, women’s rights are under attack. In 2022, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, restrict......more

This new edition of The Essential Guide to Western Civilization provides a succinct and engaging overview of European hi......more

This new edition of The Essential Guide to Western Civilization provides a succinct and engaging overview of European hi......more

Dutch, Irish and Native American residents of New York State have long told tales about mysterious Little People occupyi......more

Captures in unprecedented depth the cultural significance of the designed landscape and its relationship with Bluestocki......more

Author Lynn Arave gathered rare historic photographs to capture the majestic Wasatch Mountains - the rugged backbone of ......more

On July 26, 1981, eight-year-old Cheryl Ziemba and her four-year-old brother, Christopher, disappeared from their backya......more

The story of settlers in the American West, with its tales of cowboys, prospectors, and frontiersmen, is often overwhelm......more

A young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, Jan Karski joined the Polish Underground movement in 1939. He became a c......more

A mother’s love knows no bounds. Even beyond death. As seen on Dateline, 48 Hours, The Discovery Channel, and Dick Wolf’......more

While No One’s Watching is a shocking exposé of government corruption, greed, cronyism, and abuse of authority in Kentuc......more

While No One’s Watching is a shocking exposé of government corruption, greed, cronyism, and abuse of authority in Kentuc......more

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of E......more

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Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential expon......more

Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates......more

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Vintage Art: Edmund Blair Leighton: 20 Fine Art Prints is a curated collection of detailed artwork by an English painter......more

Toppling the First Ministry, by T. M. Thomas Isaac and Richard W. Franke, tells the story of the CIA’s covert operations......more

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin an......more

A lyrical, poetic chronicle of nature’s annual cycle, blending ancient wisdom with modern science. The Year takes us on ......more

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Covering seven eventful centuries, this is the first complete history of the Kingdom of Sicily ever published. The livel......more