Category: History

The Power and Persona of Catherine de’ Medici

Though she was born into one of the most powerful families of Renaissance Italy, Catherine de’ Medici was never expected

From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People

America is hopelessly divided, but more worryingly, the ideas and “mystic chords of memory” that rest at the cornerstone of

Our idea of the Founders’ America and its values is not true. We are not the heirs of the Founders,

A story of courage, perseverance, and patriotism behind the 75th Army Rangers’ rescue mission following one of the deadliest Special

He’s the worst Nazi war criminal you’ve never heard of Sidekick to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler and supervisor of Nazi

Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of

Come and meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to batsquatch and beyond! Welcome to the United States of

A timely and searing account of the American war in Afghanistan In Bravo Company, journalist and combat veteran Ben Kesling tells

An account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American