History & Military
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Delivery Man: The Enemy-Alien Nisei Translator Who Saved His Battalion
$32.99 Add to cartThe American battalion was trapped, under siege and under fire, and one man was their best, last hope.
Delivery Man: The Enemy-Alien Nisei Translator Who Saved His Battalion in World War II is the sus- Author: Laverty, Rory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1510782915
- Language: English
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Tanks: World’s Greatest Armoured Fighting Vehicles from World War I to the Present
$34.95 Read moreIllustrated with detailed artworks and full-colour photographs, Tanks is a comprehensive study of the key tanks and armoured fighting vehicles built since their first use in World War I. Arranged chro
- Series: Inside Out
- Author: Haskew, Michaele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1782747273
- Language: English
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$21.99 Add to cartWhether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges o
- Author: Light, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1324123575
- Language: English
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Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 – Aug. 5, 1944; Revised
$27.00 Add to cartAcclaimed military historian John Keegan’s investigation into World War II and the Normandy Invasion
The armies of six nations met on the battlefields of Normandy in what was to be the greatest Allied- Author: Keegan, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140235426
- Language: English
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How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession
$29.95 Add to cartA cultural history of the phenomenon of the ‘haunted house’ as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.
What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being pa- Author: Blackwell Baines, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100781
- Language: English
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Monroe Doctrine
$21.99 Add to cartA Concise History of the (In)Famous Doctrine that Gave Rise to the American Empire
President James Monroe’s 1823 message to Congress declaring opposition to European colonization in the Western Hemisp- Author: Sexton, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0809069997
- Language: English
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Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
$21.99 Add to cart“A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure.” –Ilyon Woo
A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilaratin
- Author: Kousser, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0062869698
- Language: English
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Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home
$31.99 Add to cartAmericans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a sta
- Author: Al, Stefan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1324065729
- Language: English
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The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945
$45.00 Add to cart‘This accessible history will keep the subject alive for a new generation [..] It is about providing an accessible, sober and vivid resource that keeps the subject alive. In this aim, the book succeed
- Author: McDonough, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1035912481
- Language: English
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Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
$25.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book, Overground Railroad is a compelling and illuminating exploration of the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists used fo
- Author: Taylor, Candacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1419786210
- Language: English
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Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World
$28.95 Add to cartA spirited exploration of the diary, from pen-and-paper to TikTok, for the people who write–and read–them
Featuring iconic diary keepers like Audre Lorde, Virginia Woolf, Alison Bechdel, and Taylor- Author: Rubiner, Betsy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0807014923
- Language: English
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Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places
$27.00 Add to cartFrom the author of How the World Moves A revelatory new look at the hallowed, diverse, and threatened landscapes of the American Indian
For thousands of years, Native Americans have told stories about
- Author: Nabokov, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143038818
- Language: English
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Grand Canyon National Park
$24.99 Add to cartArizona is proud to have one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World–the Grand Canyon. With the arrival of the Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroad in the early 20th century, the development of the … [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Ratz, Thomas Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0738578568
- Language: English
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The Violence: My Family’s Colombian War
$30.00 Add to cartA powerful chronicle of Colombia’s descent into decades of civil war through the lens of an intimate, multi-generational tale of upheaval and betrayal.
When presumed president-elect Jorge Eli?cer Gait- Author: RamÃrez, Adriana E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1501145207
- Language: English
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Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy
$29.95 Add to cartA fascinating history of female rulers across time and across the world
Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. In almost all places on the globe a male ruler was- Author: Norton, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1804441139
- Language: English
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Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town
$30.00 Add to cartA gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics
- Author: Hayden, Michael Edison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1645030601
- Language: English
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Self-Help from the Middle Ages: What the Seven Deadly Sins Can Teach Us about Living
$30.00 Add to cartIn this charming journey into the past, a historian reveals medieval wisdom that can still guide us today
“One of the most compelling medieval history books I have ever read.”
-Ian Mortimer, author of- Author: Jones, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0385551681
- Language: English
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The Surgeon, the Midwife, the Quack: How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England
$28.95 Add to cartDiscover the remarkable birth of modern medicine… and how not to die in the Renaissance
‘An entertaining history of medicine… Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dr… [more below]- Author: Skuse, Alanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1836430779
- Language: English
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Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs
$35.00 Add to cartFrom one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history’s most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his seduction of the imperial househo… [more below]
- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217061181
- Language: English
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Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age
$30.00 Add to cartOne of The Daily Telegraph‘s Greatest Books of 2025
A life-affirming exploration of the rich emotional lives of the elderly across thousands of years of human history. Winter Dreams is an evocative hi- Author: Rosenwein, Barbara H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390912
- Language: English
