History

• Author(s): Nick Middleton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Historical GeographyDeserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to m...

• Author(s): Nile Green • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company • BISAC: World - GeneralIn the highbrow literary circles of the mid-twentieth century, a father and son spread seductive accounts of a...

• Author(s): Friedrich Engels • Publisher: Princeton UP • Publisher Imprint: Prince UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: GeneralCompiles the significant writings of Marx and Engels in an attempt to trace the origins and meaning of class...

• Author(s): Richard Freiherr Von Rosen • Publisher: Greenhill Books • Publisher Imprint: Greenhill Books • BISAC: MilitaryRichard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. His memoirs are richl...

• Author(s): Francis Crosby • Publisher: Lorenz Books • Publisher Imprint: Lorenz Books • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThis historical directory of bombers includes detailed information about every craft with over 300 identification phot...

• Author(s): Dipesh Chakrabarty • Publisher: Princeton University Press • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press • BISAC: HistoriographyFirst published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential Provincializing Europe addresses the mythical...

• Author(s): Amanda H. Podany • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Ancient - EgyptThe ancient Near East is known as the "cradle of civilization"--and for good reason. Mesopotamia, Sy...

• Author(s): John Boardman • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Ancient - RomeIn less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. This authoritative a...

• Author(s): Geoffrey Roberts • Publisher: Yale University Press • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press • BISAC: Russia - GeneralA compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library "[A] fascinating new study."--Mi...

• Author(s): Donald Wright • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a countr...

• Author(s): Nik Cornish • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books • Publisher Imprint: Pen & Sword Books • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe third volume in Nik Cornish's photographic history of the Second World War on the Eas...

• Author(s): Raven • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Social HistorybHistories you can trust./b In 14 original essays, The Oxford History of the Book reveals the history of books i...

• Author(s): Martin Derry • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books • Publisher Imprint: Pen & Sword Books • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' (a contraction of the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug, ie dive bomber) was ar...

• Author(s): Francis Crosby • Publisher: Lorenz Books • Publisher Imprint: Lorenz Books • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThis fully up-to-date reference book provides an authoritative overview of the military helicopter. It begins with a d...

• Author(s): Martin Hammond • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK) • BISAC: Ancient - Greece"He was a man like no other man has ever been" In twelve years that changed the world, Alexander the ...

• Author(s): Zahi Hawass • Publisher: Thames & Hudson • Publisher Imprint: Thames & Hudson • BISAC: GeneralThe tomb of Tutankhamun, with its breathtaking treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This brilli...

• Author(s): Janet Keet-Black • Publisher: Shire Publications • Publisher Imprint: Shire Publications • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralThis title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It...

• Author(s): Peter Salway • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralFor four centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire, a political system stretching from Turkey to Portuga...

• Author(s): Roger Crowley • Publisher: Hyperion Books • Publisher Imprint: Hyperion Books • BISAC: Europe - MedievalA gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fall of Constantinopl...

• Author(s): Suzannah Lipscomb • Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson • Publisher Imprint: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson • BISAC: World - GeneralThis groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret histor...

• Author(s): Ed Conway • Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Knopf Publishing Group • BISAC: CivilizationTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and l...

• Author(s): Ronen Bergman • Publisher: Random House Trade • Publisher Imprint: Random House Trade • BISAC: Middle East - Israel & PalestineNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The first definitive history of Israel's targeted killing programs, which ...

• Publisher: New Press • Publisher Imprint: New Press • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralA stunning history of Pakistan's cultural and intellectual capital, from one of the preeminent scholars of South AsiaThe city of Lahore was more than one thousa...

• Author(s): Tony Horwitz • Publisher: Picador USA • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA • BISAC: Expeditions & Discoveries A Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mixture of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter...

• Author(s): Norman F. Dixon • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralA classic study of military leadership uncovering why generals fail The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme,...

• Author(s): Paul Cartledge • Publisher: Vintage • Publisher Imprint: Vintage • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceFrom the Inside FlapThe Spartans were a society of warrior-heroes who were the living exemplars of such core values as duty, discipline, self-s...

• Author(s): Michael Bar-Zohar • Publisher: Ecco Press • Publisher Imprint: Ecco Press • BISAC: Middle East - Israel & PalestineFrom the Back CoverMossad unveils the defining and most dangerous operations, unknown heroes, and mysterious agent...

• Author(s): John James Audubon • Publisher: Prestel Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Prestel Publishing • BISAC: GeneralThe celebrated and highly valued natural history classic, now fully reproduced for the 1st time with an introduction by world-...

• Author(s): Victor Davis Hanson • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Sc • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - GeneralThucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a poss...

• Author(s): Victor Davis Hanson • Publisher: Free Press • Publisher Imprint: Free Press • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the firs...

• Author(s): Bob Drury • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin • Publisher Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin • BISAC: HistoricalThe Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors' finest work to date." --Wall Street JournalThe explosiv...

• Author(s): Anthony Everitt • Publisher: Random House Trade • Publisher Imprint: Random House Trade • BISAC: Ancient - RomeNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed ...

• Author(s): Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov • Publisher: Alma Books • Publisher Imprint: Alma Books • BISAC: GeneralFirst published in 1859, Oblomov is an indisputable classic of Russian literature, comparable in its stature to such masterpieces a...

• Author(s): Iain McGilchrist • Publisher: Yale University Press • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & PhysiologyA pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemi...

• Author(s): Thompson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: International Relations - DiplomacyGetting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises fac...

• Author(s): Audie Murphy • Publisher: Holt McDougal • Publisher Imprint: Holt McDougal • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in print...

• Author(s): Tom Standage • Publisher: Walker & Company • Publisher Imprint: Walker & Company • BISAC: World - GeneralNew York Times Bestseller * The inspiration for the TV series starring Dan Aykroyd "There aren't many books this enterta...

• Author(s): Edward Gibbon • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions • Publisher Imprint: Wordsworth Editions • BISAC: Ancient - RomeGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English h...

• Author(s): Roger J. Davies • Publisher: MixIG • Publisher Imprint: MixIG • Subject: Tourism, Travel Guide & Hospitality • BISAC: Asia - JapanIn The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an insightful guide to understanding the uniqu...

• Author(s): Henry George Keene • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryThe Fall of the Moghul Empire by Henry George Keene offers a compelling exploration of the decline of the Moghuls. Set against the backdrop of e...

• Author(s): Alam Muzaffar & Seema Alavi/Seema Alavi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: HistoryThis book offers a much-needed alternative perspective (coming from Persian sources) on European constructions of Ind...

• Author(s): Banerjee-Dube Ishita & Saurabh Dube/Saurabh Dube • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: HistoryReligion, power, and community are major issues in twenty-first century India. Ancient to Modern analyses th...

• Author(s): Noorani A.G. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis book provides an interesting mix of documents highlighting the history of Muslim participation in Indian politi...

• Author(s): Alam Muzaffar & Subrahmanyam Sanjay (Editors)/Sanjay Subrahmanyam • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UPThe Mughal state has, since the time of its existence, exercised a compelling effect on observers. A rich hist...

• Author(s): Gadgil Madhav & Guha Ramachandra/Ramachandra Guha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyThis is an omnibus edition of two books that have radically altered our understanding of Indi...

• Author(s): Raina Dhruv • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoryThis volume situates the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. Focussing on several strands from the...

• Author(s): Robb Peter/Peter (Peter G.) Robb • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoricalRichard Blechynden was a surveyor, architect, and builder in early colonial Bengal. This volume and its comp...

• Author(s): Ludden David • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Asia - India & South AsiaUpdated with a new preface and an additional biography, this second edition examines the agricultural production in colonial Ind...

• Author(s): Hasan Mushirul/ Asaduddin M. (Editors) • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: HistoryBringing together short stories that have Muslims and intercommunity relationships in the Indian subcontinent as their sub...

• Author(s): Singh Upinder & Nayanjot Lahiri/Nayanjot Lahiri • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis volume brings together new writings on different aspects of ancient Indian history like gend...

• Author(s): Hasan Mushirul • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis volume discusses the lives of five significant and influential figures of nineteenth-century Delhi -- Mohamma...

• Author(s): Zutshi Chitralekha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralA pioneering and comprehensive study of the historical imagination in Kashmir, this book explores the conversa...

• Author(s): Aquil Raziuddin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Islam - SufiThis book provides a political history of north India under Afghan rulers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Focusing on int...

• Author(s): Sen Amiya P • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis volume, part of the 'Debates in Indian History and Society' series identifies the major issues within the histor...

• Author(s): SpearPercivalNarayani Gupta & Laura Sykes | Narayani Gupta • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralFirst published in 1943, Percival Spear’s Delhi: Its Monuments and...

• Author(s): Julius Caesar Carolyn Hammond • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - GeneralThe Gallic War, published on the eve of the civil war which led to the end of the Roman Republic, is an...

• Author(s): Ahmed Aijaz (Editor) • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UPThis imaginative approach to the work of the Urdu poet Ghalib (1797-1869) presents highly original renderings, made by seven well-known American ...

• Author(s): John Hazel • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: History • BISAC: ReferenceWho's Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Cove...

• Author(s): To Be Confirmed • Publisher: Atria Books • Publisher Imprint: Atria Books • BISAC: HistoricalA PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE "A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever--and a reminder, ...