Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

History eBooks

If you like History eBooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 308699 Results
Skip side bar filters
  • The Nine

    The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

    by Gwen Strauss ...
    "[A] narrative of unfathomable courage... Ms. Strauss does her readers—and her subjects—a worthy service by returning to this appalling history of the courage of women caught up in a time of rapacity and war." —Wall Street Journal"Utterly gripping." —Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes"A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and... ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • 時尚大唐:泡酒吧、迎娶闖關、造型假髮……你玩的,都是唐朝人玩剩的

    by 王一凡 ...
    Series series HISTORY
    ‧唐朝人搶著當和尚?‧唐朝人不吃豬肉?‧唐朝男人迎娶闖關會有生命危險?‧唐朝女人不需要上醫美診所?‧唐朝已經有大賣場?‧唐朝很多違章建築?‧唐朝就有離婚協議書?‧唐朝人隨口就來句唐詩?大唐風俗文化全紀錄!唐朝是中國歷史輝煌的王朝之一,無論是政治制度、經濟水準、軍事力量、人口數量,還是國土疆域、國際影響力,都是世界上數一數二的強大國家。首都長安成為世界的中心,群賢畢至,萬國來朝;各色人種、文化,各種風俗、習慣,各種知識、觀念交流碰撞,形成唐朝社會獨一無二的生活圖景。本書從飲食、裝扮、婚戀、居住、宗教、文化教育、醫療衛生、出行購物等各方面,重現唐朝宮廷與百姓的實際生活狀態,展現出一幅唐朝人日常生活的立體場景圖。讀完這本書,你可說是半個唐朝人了!【讀完這本書,你會愛上唐朝】唐朝,一副富庶繁榮、萬國來朝,恨不得把錢灑在天空的形象,它是中國文明最繁榮的一段時光,論... ... Read more

    $8.13 USD

  • One Last Kiss

    The True Story of a Minister's Bodyguard, His Beautiful Mistress, and a Brutal Triple Homicide

    Two secret lovers. Three high-profile murders. One family annihilator. A shocking true crime exposé from the author of American Exorcism.From adultery . . .Ex-Marine and bodyguard Chris Coleman was a family man with a secret: He wanted to leave his wife for another woman, Tara Lintz. But as head of security for the world-famous Joyce Meyer Ministries—an evangelical organization that frowns on ... Read more

    Was $17.29 USD Now $0.99 USD

  • When Asia Was the World

    Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the ""Riches of the ""East""

    “New insights, especially into the remarkable developments of Asian worlds in a millennium of Asian predominance. . . . [A] thoughtful, innovative history.” —David Landes, Professor of Economics and History, emeritus, Harvard UniversityWhile European civilization stagnated in the “Dark Ages,” Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of ... Read more

    Was $14.39 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

    by Jeff Sharlet ...
    **A New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2023 • One of The New Republic's Best Books of 2023"A riveting, vividly detailed collage of political and moral derangement in America." —Joseph O’Neill, New York Times Book ReviewOne of America’s finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Our Hideous Progeny

    A Novel

    by C.E. McGill ...
    “A gripping Gothic tale of grief and ambition, passion and intrigue.” — Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship“An immersive blend of historical and science fiction brims with surprises and dark delights. . . . An incisive exploration of women’s rights within the field of science. . . . Readers will revel in Mary’s personal and scientific discoveries and root for her to succeed in an unfair world.” — ... Read more

    Was $12.19 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Richard III

    England's Most Controversial King

    “A bold and fresh new biography of one of the most enduringly fascinating monarchs . . . steeped in the latest research and majestically narrated.” —Dan Jones, award-winning historian and ***New York Times–***bestselling author of The PlantagenetsFrom acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England’s most controversial king, a man alternately praised as ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Duel

    Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada

    by John Ibbitson ...
    **INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLEROne of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today’s Canada.**John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Children's Blizzard

    by David Laskin ...
    “David Laskin deploys historical fact of the finest grain to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise. . . . This is a book best read with a fire roaring in the hearth and a blanket and box of tissues near at hand.” — Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City“Heartbreaking. . . . This account of the 1888 blizzard reads like a ... Read more

    Was $12.79 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Stranger Than We Can Imagine

    Making Sense of the Twentieth Century

    by John Higgs ...
    **“An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen).“An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews**In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Wars of the Roses

    The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

    by Dan Jones ...
    The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British history—the historical backdrop for Game of ThronesThe inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody CrownThe crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death ... ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Coming of the Third Reich

    Series Book 1 - The Third Reich Trilogy
    **The definitive account of Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany, from the author of The Third Reich in Power, The Third Reich at War, and Hitler's People"The clearest and most gripping account I've read of German life before and during the rise of the Nazis." —A. S Byatt, Times Literary Supplement"Impressive in its command of an immense literature, perceptive in ... Read more

    $13.19 USD

  • The Company

    The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire

    by Stephen Bown ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLERA thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins.The story of the Hudson's Bay Company, dramatic and adventurous and complex, is the story of modern Canada's creation. And yet it hasn't been told in a book for over thirty years, and never in such depth and vivid detail as in Stephen R. Bown's exciting new telling.The Company started out small in 1670, trading ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Dominion

    The Railway and the Rise of Canada

    by Stephen Bown ...
    A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nationIn The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late ... Read more

    Was $20.19 USD Now $14.39 USD

  • 鴻:三代中國女人的故事(23週年紀念版)

    Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

    by 張戎 ...
    Translated by 張樸 ...
    Series series NEW
    一個激勵人心的故事,三代女性經歷了無數艱難困苦和政治風暴,始終保持著人性的尊嚴和美。──希拉蕊•柯林頓走過纏足的時代、封建體制的婚姻、抗日戰爭、國共內亂……直至文化大革命的劫難,她們歷經了人間的悲歡離合,也創造了不平凡的一生。三代中國女性 一部感人家史 理解二十世紀中國的重量級磅礡史詩「我享受過特權,也遭受過磨難;有過勇氣,也有過恐懼;見過善良、忠誠,也見過人性最醜陋的一面;在痛苦、毀滅與死亡之中,我更認清了愛及人類不可摧毀的求生存、追求幸福的能力。」──張戎從滿清王朝到共和體制,從共和政體到共產專政,國家體制的轉換,標誌了三代中國女人的命運。姥姥玉芳出生於一九○九年。這年,正值滿清統治中國兩百六十年後面臨危亡之秋。天生麗質的姥姥沒能逃過纏腳的痛苦,因為父親希望未來靠著這個女兒平步青雲,有雙三寸金蓮能更快找到乘龍快婿。她的父親心願達成了,儘管姥姥做的是軍閥的姨太太。這年姥姥十五歲。母親德鴻 ... Read more

    $8.55 USD

  • A Warrior of the People

    How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor

    by Joe Starita ...
    “An important and riveting story of a 19th-century feminist and change agent . . . put[s] the reader inside the very thoughts and emotions of La Flesche.” —Chicago TribuneOn March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree—becoming the first Native American doctor in US history. She earned her degree thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Native ... Read more

    Was $14.39 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Lives in Ruins

    Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble

    **“Through a combination of perception and wit, Johnson discovers how archaeologists are invaluable witnesses ‘to the loss of our cultural memories.’” —**USA TodayThe author of The Dead Beat and This Book is Overdue! turns her piercing eye and charming wit to the real-life avatars of Indiana Jones—the archaeologists who sort through the muck and mire of swamps, ancient landfills, volcanic islands, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • 人類大歷史(增訂版):從野獸到扮演上帝【簡體版書名:人類簡史】

    Sapiens:A Brief History of Humankind

    Translated by 林俊宏 ...
    Series series 科學文化
    【作者新版序言+新增史證修訂】《人類大歷史》為什麼能夠在國際暢銷書榜上爆衝?原因很簡單,它處理的是歷史的大問題、現代世界的大問題,而且,它的寫作風格是刻骨銘心的生動。你會愛上它!——戴蒙(Jared Diamond),普立茲獎巨著《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》作者十萬年前,地球上至少有六個人種,但今日,只剩下一個人種:智人(Homo sapiens),亦即明智的人種。但是我們真的明智嗎?從只能啃食虎狼吃剩的殘骨的猿人,到躍居食物鏈頂端的智人,從雪維洞穴壁上的原始人手印,到阿姆斯壯踩上月球的腳印,從認知革命、農業革命,到科學革命、生物科技革命,我們是如何登上世界舞臺、成為萬物之靈的?從西元前1776年的《漢摩拉比法典》,到1776年的〈美國獨立宣言〉,從帝國主義、資本主義,到自由主義、消費主義,從獸... ... Read more

    $13.75 USD

  • Terra Incognita

    a thrilling Roman era historical adventure. Can Nero's legions discover the source of the mighty River Nile?

    by Simon Turney ...
    PREORDER SIMON TURNEY'S THRILLING NEW ROMAN EMPIRE NOVEL, AGRICOLA: COMMANDER, NOW!An empire on the edge. A scheme for glory.A plan to control the greatest river in the world.61 AD. Emperor Nero schemes avidly to increase his wealth and slaughter his many enemies, but also seeks glory. He looks south from Rome to Africa.The great River Nile gives life to the Egyptians, the Kushites, and many other ... Read more

    Was $6.29 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Series

    What I Remember, What It Felt Like, What It Feels Like Now

    by Ken Dryden ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERA new book by Hall of Fame goalie and bestselling author Ken Dryden celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series**SEPTEMBER 2, 1972, MONTREAL FORUM, GAME ONE:The best against the best for the first time. Canada, the country that had created the game; the Soviet Union, having taken it up only twenty-six years earlier. On the line: more than the players, more than ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Dancing Bees

    Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language

    by Tania Munz ...
    “A triumph of science writing, a well crafted, deeply researched story of politics, ethics, and the fascinating lives of humans and bees.” —Jonathan Eig, New York Times–bestselling authorWe think of bees as being among the busiest workers in the garden, admiring them for their productivity. But amid their buzzing, they are also great communicators—and unusual dancers. As Karl von Frisch (1886–1982 ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The Pilot's Wife

    An absolutely heartbreaking and breathtaking WWII debut historical page-turner for 2025

    "A profoundly moving and beautifully written novel . . . inspiring . . . deeply human." Marius Gabriel, bestselling author of The German DaughterThree generations of women. One dark family secret. A truth that time never forgot . . .1944. As darkness descends over Europe, nineteen-year-old Hedy chooses hope in the face of the ultimate evil that grips the continent and stalks the streets of her ... Read more

    $3.43 USD

  • A History of Death in 17th Century England

    by Ben Norman ...
    A look at the constant confrontation with mortality the English experienced in a time of plague, smallpox, civil war, and other calamities.In the lives of the rich and poor alike in seventeenth-century England, death was a hovering presence, much more visible in everyday existence than it is today. It is a highly important and surprisingly captivating part of the epic story of England during the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Murderland

    Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

    **“Scorching, seductive . . . A superb and disturbing vivisection of our darkest urges.” —Los Angeles Times“This is about as highbrow as true crime gets.” —Vulture“Fraser has outdone herself, and just about everyone else in the true-crime genre, with Murderland.” —EsquireFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific ... Read more

    $14.89 USD