Category: History

Voyage of the Damned

This book is a meticulous reconstruction of a tragic episode in the history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

In this dramatic and fascinating account, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his first 100 days in office

Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms. There’s been a lot of discussion in the medical world lately about the potential benefits

The image of Hawaii as a beautiful vacation destination obscures a long and complex history for the islands and their

On April 30, 1975, the Communist capture of the city of Saigon brought an end to more than 20 years

A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the

Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United

A companion to Oliver Stone’s ten-part documentary series of the same name, this guide offers a people’s history of the