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The Teapot Dome Scandal by Laton McCartney: How Big Oil Bought the Warren Harding Administration

By: William L. Wunder

Kublai Khan, Maker of Modern China by John Man: The Mongol King Who Remade China and Helped Shape Much of Asia

By: Michael Mackey

The Masonic Myth – Jay Kinney: The Truth About the Symbols, Secret Rites and History of Freemasonry

By: Marissa Carter

Book Review: The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey

By: Carolyn M Cash

Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue: A Review of Bill Bryson's Book of English, "The Mother Tongue"

By: Carl Dates

Paul Revere's Ride: A Review of David Hackett Fischer’s Book

By: Doug Jefferys

Review of Rusty Monhollon's This Is America: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas

By: Tracey Carter

An Overview of Madhouses, Mad-Doctors and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Fever – A Story from a Devon Churchyard: A Fascinating Account of Tragedy in the Village of Littleham, Devon

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Book Review: A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Carolyn M Cash

The Earth Moves by Dan Hofstadter: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition

By: Philip McIntosh

Impeached by David O. Stewart: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson

By: William L. Wunder

Salt a World History Book Review: Mark Kurlansky’s Gripping Book on the Global Significance of Salt

By: Feature Writer Joanne E. Brannan

Wonderous Times on the Frontier Book Review: Dee Brown Writes From the Perspective Those Who Lived in the West

By: Christine Musser

The American West by Dee Brown: A Look at One of the Most Misunderstood Areas in American History

By: Christine Musser

Westward Movement in the United States: Book Review of Westward Movement by Historian R. Allen Billington

By: Christine Musser

Nothing To Fear by Adam Cohen: Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Inner Circle and the Hundred Days

By: William L. Wunder

An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan: Excellent First Hand Account of Being a Hostage In Lebanon

By: Michael Mackey

Unknown Waters by Alfred S. McLaren: A First Hand Account of an Historic Under-Ice Arctic Survey

By: Philip McIntosh

The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson: Review of an Historical Look at the World of Joseph Priestley

By: Feature Writer Margaret M. Williams

Ice by Karal Ann Marling: Great Moments in the History of Cold, Hard Water

By: Philip McIntosh

Hiroshima The Book, by John Hersey: Republished Account of What Happened in Hiroshima in August 1945

By: Michael Mackey

Understanding Friar Diego de Landa: Yucatan Before and After the Conquest

By: Edurne Scott

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Jay Feldman's Book on the New Madrid Earthquakes

By: William L. Wunder

Lancaster and York – The Wars of the Roses: Review of Alison Weir's Latest Book

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Review of Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton: True Story of U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Who Fought on Horseback

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Pitner

The Blazing Southwest is Superb History of S.W. Paul Wellman's History Books of the American West are Outstanding

By: R.L. Coffield

Review of Who Killed Aung San? By Kin Oung: Abiding Mysteries Surround the Murder of Burmese Hero

By: Susan Cunningham

In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End

By: Robert Marcell

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Journey

By: William L. Wunder

Stalking the Red Bear – Book Review: A Chronicle of a Submarine Spy Mission to the Barents Sea

By: Philip McIntosh

Review of Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women and Conflict Through History

By: Robert Marcell

Shadow Divers Dirk Pitt & John Chatterton: Clive Cussler Created a Hero, Robert Kurson Found the Real Ones

By: Feature Writer David J. Shestokas

In Harm's Way: The U.S.S Indianapolis Story: Doug Stanton's Extraordinary Tale of Courage and Endurance in World War II

By: Bob Price

The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik: Birth of the Modern World 1788-1800

By: William L. Wunder

America in 1750 Book Review: A Social Portrait of the Eighteenth Century

By: Christine Musser

History of the United States Book Review: From Christopher Columbus to the Late Twentieth Century

By: Christine Musser

The American Railroad Network Book Review: The Effectiveness of Maps Before & After the Civil War

By: Christine Musser

Book Review: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy

By: Carolyn M Cash

Henry I by Judith A Green – Book Review: King of England and Duke of Normandy

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Condition of England or Industrial Novels: Learning About British History Through the Fiction of the Age

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Review of 365 Your Date with History: Find Out What Happened When, Where and How Day by Day

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Review of A N Wilson's The Victorians: A Fascinating Portrait of the Age

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Review of The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South

By: Andrew Meeres

The Minutemen and Their World: A Book Review and Summary

By: Andrew Meeres

FDR v. The Constitution: Burt Soloman's Book on the Court-Packing Fight

By: William L. Wunder

Review – Jeremy Paxman The Victorians: Britain Through the Paintings of the Age

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

The Whiskey Rebellion by William Hogeland: Review of the Book on the 1790's Western Pennsylvania Uprising

By: William L. Wunder

Dark Horse by Kenneth D. Ackerman: The Election and Assassination of President James A. Garfield

By: William L. Wunder

Rebellion in the Backlands by Euclides Da Cunha: A True Brazilian Story With Enduring Global Relevance

By: Michael Mackey

Oedipus and Agamemnon: Defining the hero

By: Edurne Scott

The Age of Lincoln: Review of the Book by Orville Vernon Burton

By: William L. Wunder

Statecraft: The Deeds of Antonio Carafa: Giorgio A. Pinton's Translation

By: Robert Marcell

The Long Pursuit by Roy Morris, Jr. The Thirty-Year Struggle Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas

By: William L. Wunder

Treasures of the Black Death: Catalogue Review: Jewish Life and Precious Items from 14th-Century Erfurt and Colmar

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

America, Empire of Liberty, New History of USA: Role of Faith, Empire and Liberty in Defining the American Nation

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

Review of The Dragon and the Foreign Devils: The Story of China and the World, by Harry G Gelber

By: Paris Franz

Infamous Scribblers by Eric Burns: The Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

By: William L. Wunder

The Market Revolution -- Jacksonian America: 1815 -- 1846 by Charles Sellers

By: Kevin Hickson

Review of Jon Meacham's American Lion: America's 7th President Redefined the Role of the President

By: Feature Writer Alex Sharp

The Book of Invention + The Book of War: Two Books Offering an Overview of Human Creativity and Conflict

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Five Days in Philadelphia by Charles Peters: Wendell Willkie and the 1940 Republican Convention

By: William L. Wunder

Elizabeth the Queen by Alison Weir: A Review of Weir's Biography of Queen Elizabeth I

By: Erin Britton

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale: An Investigation into the Murder at Road Hill House

By: Erin Britton

In Search of the Knights Templar: Simon Brighton's Guide to the Templar Sites of Britain

By: Erin Britton

Book Review--The Dark Room: A Different Side of World War II by Rachel Seiffert

By: Jennifer L. Price

Review of The Man Who Outshone the Sun King: Drazin Documents The Little Known Life Story of a French Nobleman

By: Feature Writer Alex Sharp

Review of 1960 By David Pietrusza: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon

By: William L. Wunder

Australian Commandos' Secret War: Australian Commandos Carried Out Missions Against Japanese in WWII

By: James A Woods

Packs On! Recalls Mountain Battles of WWII: Author Gathers Memoirs of U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division

By: James A Woods

Coast Watching in World War II: Allied Coast Watchers Provided Valuable Intelligence During WW II

By: James A Woods

Book Review - Lost Buildings by Jonathan Glancey: Demolished, Destroyed, Imagined and Reborn Buildings of the World

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

The Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Mayas-Quiche

By: Erin Britton

The Lunar Men by Jenny Uglow: The Friends Who Made the Future

By: Erin Britton

Toobin Pens Recent Supreme Court History: The Nine Explains Inner Workings of Nation's Highest Court

By: Michael Irvin Arrington

We Will Not Fight by Will Ellsworth-Jones: The Untold Story of World War One's Conscientious Objectors

By: Erin Britton

Book Review of Nixonland by Rick Perlstein: A Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

By: William L. Wunder

The English by Jeremy Paxman: A Review of Historian´s Portrait of the British

By: Erin Britton

Monarchy by David Starkey: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors

By: Erin Britton

Review: Four Days In November: Vincent Bugliosi's Final Word on JFK Assassination

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Book Review: History of the World in Photographs: Encyclopaedia Britannica and Getty Images Photos from 1850 to 2007

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln: The Assassin's Accomplice, by Kate Clifford Larson

By: Susan Geoghegan

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s

By: Erin Britton

1920: The Year of the Six Presidents: A Review of David Pietrusza's Book

By: William L. Wunder

Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd: The Fascinating History of England’s Capital River

By: Erin Britton

Operation Homecoming: Troops Talk: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops

By: Feature Writer Christine Welter

Katherine Swynford by Alison Weir: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess

By: Erin Britton

Revolutionary's View of Birth of Modern China: Yuan-Tsung Chen Writes about Chinese Communism

By: James A Woods

Yuan-Tsung Chen's View of Chinese Revolution: Vivid Writing Brings Family's History to Life

By: James A Woods

Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport: Inside the Last Days of the Romanovs

By: Erin Britton

Madame De Maintenon by Veronica Buckley: A Biography of the Secret Wife of Louis XIV

By: Erin Britton

Robert Peel by Douglas Hurd: A Biography of the Famous Prime Minister and Political Reformer

By: Erin Britton

Book Review - Breaking the Bank by Carol Baxter: Australia’s Greatest Bank Robbery from The Bank of Australia in 1828

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

The Fears of Henry IV by Ian Mortimer: The Life of England's Self-Made King

By: Erin Britton

Hadrian: Empire and Conflict - The Catalogue: British Museum Provides New Insights into Publius Aelius Hadrianus

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Book Review - Young Men and Fire: Norman Maclean reconstructs tragedy in Mann Gulch, Montana

By: Scott Jackman

America's Hidden History: Book Review: Author Kenneth C. Davis details untold tales of a nation's birth

By: Carla Slavey

Book Review: Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick: The Tale of the Pilgrims and Indians as They Really Were

By: Feature Writer Lizz Shepherd

William Wilberforce by William Hague: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

By: Erin Britton

Crazy Horse-Sioux Hero: Strange Man of the Oglalas, Biography, by Mari Sandoz, Book Review

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

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