American History
The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.
American History Book Summaries
The Cold War
A New History
History
Politics
War
The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
History
Biography
Historical
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
History
Biography
Politics
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
Biography
History
American History
Appetite for America
How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
History
Biography
American History
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
History
Science
American History
One Nation Under Blackmail
The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Tried by War
Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
History
Civil War
Biography
Capitalism in America
An Economic History of the United States
Economics
History
Business
Common Sense
History
Classics
Philosophy
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Politics
History
American History
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
History
Politics
Asia
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
History
Biography
Adventure
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
History
Politics
American History
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
History
France
American History
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
History
Politics
American History
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Biography
History
Middle Grade
The Demon of Unrest
A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
History
Civil War
Politics
The Best and the Brightest
History
Politics
War
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
Politics
History
Military Fiction
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
History
Politics
India
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
History
Biography
Business
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
History
American History
Anthropology
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
Lincoln on Leadership
Executive Strategies for Tough Times
Leadership
Business
History
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
The House of Morgan
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
History
Biography
Business
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
History
Politics
Philosophy
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
History
Politics
War
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
Titan
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Biography
History
Business
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
History
Education
Politics
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Biography
History
Politics
The Obamas
Politics
Biography
History
Alexander Hamilton
History
Biography
American History
Killing the Witches
The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
History
Historical
Witches
The Robber Barons
History
Business
American History
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
History
Politics
Philosophy
Who Stole the American Dream?
Politics
Economics
History
Andrew Carnegie
Biography
History
Business
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
History
Politics
Race
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
History
Historical
War
George Washington's Secret Six
The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
History
American History
American Revolution
