History

American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860
Hardback
A leading historian’s absorbing narrative of America’s formative period, when voices of dissent and innovation challenged the nation

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Paperback
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a strange continent and brings back tales of untold...

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Paperback
Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independence

Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
Paperback
A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how and why

Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
Hardback
If you’re going to lie about the past, you might as well make up lies that are fun!


