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History for Adults

This isn't some sketchy R-rated section for those 18 and over. The heading merely indicates that these aren't titles of a specifically "educational" nature, in the sense that they'd fit well into a K-8 curriculum. That said, you probably don't want your kiddos reading Intellectuals by Paul Johnson.

We believe it's important for parents to know at least as much history as their children, especially during a child's formative years, and especially especially if you're teaching him or her at home. This isn't just so you can answer questions more easily—how can we impart a sense of the trajectory of the human story to our kids if we have a truncated or incomplete view ourselves?

A lot of the books here aren't "comprehensive" in the sense that they span continents and epochs. Many of them are, but the point isn't to give you the whole picture, but to fill in gaps and make connections. Plus, history is just plain interesting, and while it's still beneficial, reading about the Chinese dynasties or the first overland railroad is as fun as it is instructive.

These aren't primarily "literary" histories. Many excellent writers are represented, but most of them are first and foremost professional historians, and they approach their subjects as academics and scholars rather than artists. Sadly, the two have grown increasingly apart since the days of men like Hakluyt and the Venerable Bede.

Have fun browsing our collection. Its construction has been less intentional on our part than that of many other categories, but we haven't chosen anything that looks boring, weighted too heavily against (at the least) a fairly conservative worldview, or treats topics best unconsidered. While we specifically designate "adults" as the prime beneficiaries of this section, many high school students would be just as comfortable and have just as much fun here. If you think learning shouldn't be fun, we could surely find you some really dreary titles if you ask nicely.

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11 Days in December
by Stanley Weintraub
from New American Library
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History
by Jay Winik
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Album of Memories
by Tom Brokaw
from Random House
for 9th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
American Caesar
by William Manchester
from Little, Brown & Company
for 10th grade-adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Bad Faith
by Carmen Callil
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Band of Brothers
by Stephen Ambrose, Foreword by Tom Hanks
25th anniversary from Simon and Schuster
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$19.99
Berlin Diary
from Open Road Integrated Media
for 11th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Between the Lines
by Tom and Delphine Frazier
from Regent Press
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder
from Basic Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Boys' Crusade
by Paul Fussell
from Modern Library
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Brave Men
by Ernie Pyle
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 10th-Adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts
from Penguin Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Citizen Soldiers
by Stephen Ambrose
from Simon and Schuster
Historical Non-Fiction for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$21.99
Conquerors
by Michael Beschloss
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
D-Day: June 6, 1944
by Stephen E. Ambrose
from Touchstone
for 9th-Adult
in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2)
Dead and Those About to Die
by John C. McManus
from New American Library
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Company Soldier
by Sgt. Don Malarkey
from St. Martin's Press
for 11th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
End of a Berlin Diary
from Open Road Integrated Media
for 11th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
FDR
by Jean Edward Smith
from Random House
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley & Ron Powers
from Bantam Books
for 11th-Adult
in WWII: Pacific Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2P)
Flyboys
by James Bradley
2nd edition from Back Bay Books
for 10th grade-adult
in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2)
From a Name to a Number
by Alter Wiener
from Authorhouse
for 11th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$10.40 (1 in stock)
Glory and the Dream - Volume 1
by William Manchester
from Little, Brown & Company
for 10th grade-adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Glory and the Dream - Volume 2
by William Manchester
from Little, Brown & Company
for 10th grade-adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw
1st edition from Random House
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Greatest Generation Speaks
by Tom Brokaw
1st edition from Random House
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Hidden Life of Otto Frank
by Carol Ann Lee
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Higher Call
by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander
from Dutton Caliber
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$22.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Hitler
by Ernst Hanfstaengl, translated and introduction by John Willard Toland, Afterword by Egon Hanfstaegl
from Arcade Publishing
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Japan 1941
by Eri Hotta
from Vintage Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Last Lion Volumes 1 & 2
by William Manchester
1st edition from Little, Brown & Company
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Lexington Goes Down
by A. A. Hoehling
from Prentice Hall
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Liberators
by Michael Hirsh
from Bantam Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Light of Days
by Judy Batalion
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Making Friends with Hitler
by Ian Kershaw
from Penguin Press
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Marching Home
by Kevin Coyne
from Viking Press
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Memoirs of the Second World War
by Winston S. Churchill, abridged by Denis Kelly
from HarperCollins
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$25.99
Men Behind Hitler
by Bernhard Schreiber
from Suzeteo Enterprises
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$19.99
Monuments Men
by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter
from Center Street
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Moral Combat
by Michael Burleigh
Book Club Edition from Harper
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Past in Hiding
by Mark Roseman
from Metropolitan Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Pegasus Bridge
by Stephen E. Ambrose
from Simon and Schuster
for 11th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
50th Anniversary Edition from Simon and Schuster
for 11th-Adult
in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich/ Berlin Diary
by William L. Shirer
for 11th-Adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Second World War: Closing the Ring
Second World War Volume 5
by Winston S. Churchill
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for 10th grade-adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Second World War: Gathering Storm
Second World War Volume 1
by Winston Churchill
from Houghton Mifflin
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Second World War: Grand Alliance
Second World War Volume 3
by Winston S. Churchill
from Bantam Books
for 10th grade-adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Second World War: Hinge of Fate
Second World War Volume 4
by Winston S. Churchill
from Houghton Mifflin
for 10th grade-adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Second World War: Their Finest Hour
Second World War Volume 2
by Winston S. Churchill
from Houghton Mifflin
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Second World War: Triumph and Tragedy
Second World War Volume 6
by Winston Churchill
from Houghton Mifflin
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
So Long Until Tomorrow
by Lowell Thomas
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Story of World War II
by Donald L. Miller (revised by), Henry Steele Commager
Revised Expanded and Updated from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Supreme Commander
by Seymour Morris Jr.
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
The Admirals
by Walter R. Borneman
from Little, Brown & Company
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Truman
by David McCullough
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
War Against the Jews: 1933-1945
by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Wild Blue
by Stephen E. Ambrose
1st edition from Simon and Schuster
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Winston's War
by Max Hastings
from Vintage Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
With the Old Breed
by E.B. Sledge
from Ballantine Books
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Yalta: The Price of Peace
by S.M. Plokhy
from Penguin Books
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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