History

Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition, and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles

by Michael Gross

Michael Gross is the preeminent chronicler of America’s rich and powerful, most recently in 740 Park and Rogues’ Gallery.Now, he goes west to uncover the very secret history of Los Angeles, specifically...

The Streets Were Paved with Gold

by Ken Auletta

How - and why - did one of the world's greatest cities come to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Ken Auletta, writer for THE NEW YORKER and columnist for THE DAILY NEWS, shows how the decline of New York...

Brazil on the Move

by John Dos Passos

The Unmaking of Israel

by Gershom Gorenberg

In this penetrating and provocative look at the state of contemporary Israel, acclaimed Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg reveals how the nation’s policies are undermining its democracy and...

The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed

by Gavin Menzies

The astonishing true story of Atlantis

In 1500 B.C. a supervolcano beneath the Greek island of Santorini exploded in a near-apocalyptic eruption. Buried beneath the rubble and waves was the world’s most remarkable...

Hair-Dyes and Hair-Dyeing Chemistry and Technique

by H. Stanley Redgrove

This early works on Hair dying contains a wealth of information on the subject it was originally published in 1929 under the title 'Blonde or Brunette'. In the making of this book, a chemist and a practical...

Little Wars

by H. G. Wells

This delightfully unusual book by H. G. Wells is a comprehensive guide to Little War, a game invented by Wells for "boys from twelve to one hundred and fifty years old and for that more intelligent sort of girls...

The Complete Siamese Cat

by Milo G. Denlinger

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

Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition

by Richard Parry

“An extraordinary real-life adventure of men battling the elements and themselves, told with ice-cold precision.”

–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

In the dark years following the Civil War, America’s foremost...

Life in Civil War America

by Michael J. Varhola

The Civil War is a fascinating time period in American history. Life in Civil War America will provide readers with fast facts and statistics about the 1860s from military life to civilian life in both the North...

The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America

by William G. Thomas

Beginning with Frederick Douglass’s escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period...

Hellhound On His Trail

by Hampton Sides

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Edgar Award Nominee

One of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Francisco Chronicle

With...

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, Volume 3

by Bernal Diaz del Castillo

The third of five volumes that recount the exploits of Hernan Cortes in Mexico. They were written by Diaz Del Castillo, a soldier who served under Cortes, and translated by Alfred Maudslay. This digital edition...

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, Volume 2

by Bernal Diaz del Castillo

The second of five volumes that recount the exploits of Hernan Cortes in Mexico. They were written by Diaz Del Castillo, a soldier who served under Cortes, and translated by Alfred Maudslay. This digital edition...

A Chronicle of England During the Reigns of the Tudors, From A. D. 1485-1559 Volume II

by Charles Wriothesley

A 15th- and 16th-century chronological account of the reign of Henry VIII by Charles Wriothesley, a herald. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online...

A Chronicle of England During the Reigns of the Tudors, From A. D. 1485-1559 Volume I

by Charles Wriothesley

A 15th- and 16th-century chronological account of the reign of Henry VIII by Charles Wriothesley, a herald. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online...

The Conquest of Mexico Volume I

by William Prescott

The first of two volumes on the history of Mexico, originally published in 1843. It begins with ethnographic descriptions of ancient Mexicans such as the Aztecs, and documents the conquest of Mexico following...

Nationalism in Colonial Africa

by Thomas Hodgkin

A political analysis of the rise of nationalism in Africa after a long history of European colonialism. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online...

Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: A Trilogy

by Joseph R. Levenson

Three volumes that analyze the secularization and decline of Confucian traditions in 19th- and early 20th-century China. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

The Strange Death of Liberal England

by George Dangerfield

This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.