History

History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu ...more

New Releases Tagged "History"

The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World

A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature

Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America

The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation

After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America

This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game

The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets

The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age

In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution

The Rage of Party: How Whig versus Tory made modern Britain

Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage

Sweet Victory: How the Berlin Airlift Divided East and West

The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence

Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

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Raiders, Rulers, and Traders by David Chaffetz

Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires

David Chaffetz (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Jul 15, 2025

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The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World

Trevor Jackson

Release date: Mar 24, 2026

A concise, colorful, and convincing account of capitalism’s rise to global dominance.

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Murder in the Graveyard by Frank Stanfield

Murder in the Graveyard: A Family Cult Tragedy

Frank Stanfield (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Dec 23, 2025

100 copies available! Enter to win a chilling true crime story of a graveyard 911 call, a deadly family cult, and a murder that shocked Florida.
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