History

The City: A Global History

by Joel Kotkin

If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species’s ingenuity, beliefs, and ideals: the city. In this authoritative...

Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry

by Kenneth Blume

In the Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry, author Kenneth J. Blume provides a convenient survey of this important industry from the colonial period to the present day: from sail to steam to...

Global Capitalist Crisis and the Second Great Depression: Egalitarian Systemic Models for Change

by Armando Navarro

This book provides a comprehensive political, economic, and historical analysis of the events and circumstances from the 1920s to 2010 that impacted the rise of today’s “Global Capitalist Crises,” Global...

Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel

by Nicholas Blanford

Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. Now Blanford...

The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life of Rachel Beer: Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer

by Eilat Negev & Yehuda Koren

A panoramic portrait of a remarkable woman and the tumultuous Victorian era on which she made her mark, The First Lady of Fleet Street chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Rachel Beer—indomitable...

China's Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight

by Gregory Crouch

From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened...

New York at War

by Steven H. Jaffe

The complete history of New York as a military target, from the Indian attacks on Henry Hudson in 1609 through 9/11 and beyond, showing how the Empire City and its inhabitants have been fundamentally shaped...

Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World

by Jay Nordlinger

In this book, Jay Nordlinger gives a history of what the subtitle calls “the most famous and controversial prize in the world.” The Nobel Peace Prize, like the other Nobel prizes, began in 1901. So we have...

Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics

by L. Carl. Brown

If Westerners know a single Islamic term, it is likely to be jihad, the Arabic word for "holy war." The image of Islam as an inherently aggressive and xenophobic religion has long prevailed in the West and can...

The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939

by Robert L Harris & Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

Marian Anderson's famous 1939 concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial was a watershed moment in the struggle for racial justice. Beginning with this event, Robert L. Harris Jr. and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn chart...

Korea Between Empires

by Andre Schmid

Korea Between Empires chronicles the development of a Korean national consciousness. It focuses on two critical periods in Korean history and asks how key concepts and symbols were created and integrated into...

Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor

by Bill Sloan

Based on exclusive interviews with more than thirty survivors, Undefeated tells the courageous story of the outnumbered American soldiers and airmen who stood against invading Japanese forces in the Philippines...

Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian

by Bernard Lewis & Buntzie Ellis Churchill

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Went Wrong? tells the story of his extraordinary life

After September 11, Americans who had never given much thought to the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis...

Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire

by Toby Faber

In Stradivari’s Genius, Toby Faber charted the fascinating course of some of the world’s most prized musical instruments. Now, in this enthralling new book, he tells the story of objects that are, to many,...

South

by Ernest Shackleton

This astonishing memoir of Shackleton's final voyage explores courage, tenacity and unflagging hope in the face of adversity. South remains one of the greatest adventures of the twentieth century.

Supreme Decisions, Combined Volume: Great Constitutional Cases and Their Impact

by Melvin Urofsky

Compellingly written, accessible, and interpretive, Melvin I. Urofsky’s stories of major Supreme Court cases and the impact of each ruling on American constitutional law make a readable book for every student....

Supreme Decisions, Volume 2: Great Constitutional Cases and Their Impact, Volume Two: Since 1896

by Melvin Urofsky

Compellingly written, accessible, and interpretive, Melvin I. Urofsky’s stories of major Supreme Court cases and the impact of each ruling on American constitutional law make a readable book for every student....

Nazi Science: Myth, Truth, And The German Atomic Bomb

by Mark Walker

In this book, Mark Walker - a historical scholar of Nazi science - brings to light the overwhelming impact of Hitler's regime on science and, ultimately, on the pursuit of the German atomic bomb. Walker meticulously...

Ethnic Americans: Immigration and American Society

by Leonard Dinnerstein & David Reimers

For more than three decades, Ethnic Americans has been hailed as a classic history of immigration to America. Leonard Dinnerstein and David M. Reimers begin with a brief overview of immigration during the colonial...

Transforming America: Politics and Culture During the Reagan Years

by Robert Collins

Robert Collins examines the critical and controversial developments of the 1980s and the unmistakable influence of Ronald Reagan on their making. Portraying the former president as a complex political figure...