History

US Field Artillery of World War II

by Steven Zaloga & Brian Delf

Determined to learn from the lessons of World War I where it was unprepared and heavily reliant on British and French guns, the US Army developed a whole new generation of field artillery weapons and tactics...

The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal

by , F L Lucas

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

Barcelona

by Robert Hughes

Barcelona is Robert Hughes's monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain. Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its...

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression

by Studs Terkel

In this unique recreation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. featuring a mosaic of memories from...

The Good War: An Oral History of World War II

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 1985

by Studs Terkel

The Good War for which Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize, is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Terkel as interviewer. As always, Terkel’s subjects are open and unrelenting...

The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century

by Studs Terkel

With a foreword by Robert Coles and a preface by Calvin Trillin.

The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his wonderful...

Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground

by Jonathan Steele

A masterful blend of graphic reporting, illuminating interviews, and insightful analysis. Ghosts of Afghanistan is the first account of Afghanistan's turbulent recent history by an independent eyewitness.

Jonathan...

A Revolution Of Their Own: Voices Of Women In Soviet History

by Barbara Engel & Anastasia Posadskaya-vanderbeck

This groundbreaking collection is the first book to present the history of women in the Soviet era by bringing together firsthand accounts of Russian women and their lives. The eight women interviewed for this...

Israel's Changing Society: Population, Ethnicity, And Development, Second Edition

by Calvin Goldscheider

Revised to provide the most up-to-date assessment of Israeli society, this text uses history and current events to explain the nation’s present demographic and socioeconomic position.

The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition

by Timothy Patrick McCarthy & John Campbell McMillian

Radicalism is as American as apple pie. One can scarcely imagine what American society would look like without the abolitionists, feminists, socialists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian...

The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

by Ray Raphael

According to the traditional telling, the American Revolution began with “the shot heard round the world.” Now in paperback, Ray Raphael’s The First American Revolution uses the wide-angle lens of a people’s...

The Longest Winter: Scott's Other Heroes

by Meredith Hooper

Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy that befell Scott.

Their tents were torn,...

The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook

by Laurence Ginnell

This early work constitutes a comprehensive study of Ireland's indigenous system of law. Brehon Law survived in Ireland until the 17th century when it was finally supplanted by the English common law. Brehon...

The Story of the Moors in Spain

by Stanley Lane-Pool

This scarce book was originally published in 1896. Its 301 pages contain 14 detailed chapters that cover the history of Islamic Spain. It is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject by an industrious...

Monna Vanna

by Maurice Maeterlinck

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Economic Sophisms

by Claude Frederic Bastiat

This fascinating work, originally published in 1873, is a thoroughly recommended read for any political economist or historian. A comprehensive and informative look at the subject that was intended to refute...

Highland Ponies and Some Reminiscences of Highlandmen

by John C. MacDonald

Originally published in the early 1900s. This is the best of very few books ever published on Highland Ponies. The illustrated contents include detailed chapters on: Island Ponies - The Ponies of Skye - Of Uist...

Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America

by Charles Knowles Bolton

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire

by Eric D. Nelson

You’re no idiot, of course. The battle scenes in Gladiator had you on the edge of your seat and wondering where you could find more information on the rise and fall of ancient Rome. But so far, your search...

The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made it

by Richard Hofstadter

A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR.

From the Trade Paperback edition.