History

History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu ...more

New Releases Tagged "History"

Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty

Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle

Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life

Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours

Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History

Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century

Midnight Flyboys: The American Bomber Crews and Allied Secret Agents Who Aided the French Resistance in World War II

The American Revolution: An Intimate History

Staying Gold: The Oral History of The Outsiders

Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress

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Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America

Howard Bryant (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Jan 20, 2026

Be among the first to read this untold story of two American giants—Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson—whose lives intersected in surprising ways.
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Embers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough

Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age

Eleanor Barraclough (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Jan 06, 2026

Imagine a Viking, and a certain image springs to a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless loca ...more
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A Woman's Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering

Elinor Cleghorn

Release date: Mar 17, 2026

From the author of Unwell Women comes a powerful and groundbreaking new narrative history of motherhood and mothering.

Mothers make history. But what i ...more
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