History Buffs
There's a lot to learn from the past, from bombastic battles to social struggles to ancient antiquities. Sometimes there’s no amount of fiction that can compete with the drama and majesty of human history, so let us guide you to some great books about all sorts of wonderful historical topics.
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The Golden Rhinoceros
by François-Xavier Fauvelle
A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa.
View on CountyCatCuba Libre!
by Tony Perrottet
Chronicles the events of the Cuban Revolution and the figures at the center of the guerrilla uprising.
View on CountyCatThe War Before the War
by Andrew Delbanco
Fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War.
View on CountyCatThe British in India: a Social History of the Raj
by David Gilmour
Explore the lives of the British in India from the seventeenth century to Independence.
View on CountyCatThe Middle Ages in 50 Objects
by Elina Gertsman
This volume reveals the full and rich history of the Middle Ages though 50 artifacts.
View on CountyCatDefending the Motherland
by Lyuba Vinogradova
The untold stories of the female Soviet fighter pilots of the Second World War.
View on CountyCatA History of France
by John Julius Norwich
Chronicles the history of France, from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the mid-first century BC to the end of World War II.
View on CountyCatThe Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred's Britain
by Max Adams
A history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954.
View on CountyCatThe Bowery: the Strange History of New York's Oldest Street
by Stephen Paul DeVillo
Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery often showed the worst New York City had to offer.
View on CountyCatThe Bone and Sinew of the Land
by Anna-Lisa Cox
America's forgotten black pioneers & the struggle for equality; historical recognition to the brave people who managed not just to secure their freedom but begin a battle that is still going on today--a battle for equality.
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