Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia FamigliaBuddy Valastro★★★★★4.6(237)From Publishers Weekly Best known on TLC cable as the Cake Boss, Valastro shares recipes and a sometimes treacly tale...
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded (Series on Latin American Studies)Stephen Kinzer★★★★★4.6(233)“Schlesinger and Kinzer have done the greatest service to truth and justice by presenting the untold story of the CIA...
For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and SacrificeHoward Schultz★★★★★4.6(232)“These stories leave the reader with a profound sense of [our troops’] selfless sacrifice and, sadly, a profound...
American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857Sally Denton★★★★★4.6(227)From Publishers Weekly Like September 11, 2001, another September 11, in 1857, reverberates in American history as a...
The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and PresentToby A. H. Wilkinson★★★★★4.6(224)From Booklist A descriptive descent of the Nile, from Aswan to Cairo, Wilkinson’s travelogue fascinatingly blends the...
National Geographic The Greeks: An Illustrated HistoryDiane Harris Cline★★★★★4.6(222)About the Author DIANE CLINE is an associate professor of history and classics and an affiliated faculty member of the...
The Hunt for History: On the Trail of the World's Lost Treasures—from the Letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the Secret Recordings Onboard JFK's Air Force OneNathan Raab★★★★★4.6(221)“Raab's enthusiasm for the chase [is] palpable in this diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane—a...
Atlas of the Eastern Front: 1941–45 (General Military)Robert Kirchubel★★★★★4.6(214)This volume is a fine, detailed visual reference to one of the darkest times and places to have ever been a human being...
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580Eamon Duffy★★★★★4.6(213)This book will afford enjoyment and enlightenment to layman and specialist alike. Duffy sweeps the reader along through...
Twelve Years a SlaveSolomon Northup★★★★★4.5(36.3K)Solomon Northup (1808–c.1864-75) was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York, who was kidnapped...
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesJared Diamond★★★★★4.5(12.9K)From Library Journal Most of this work deals with non-Europeans, but Diamond's thesis sheds light on why Western...
The Lessons of HistoryWill Durant★★★★★4.5(4.8K)The Durants' masterpiece belongs in any home library and occupies a shelf in many." --Dana D. Kelley, Arkansas...
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth CenturyIan Mortimer★★★★★4.5(3.2K)From Publishers Weekly In this compelling volume, Medieval history expert Mortimer (The Fears of Henry IV) transports...
Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean GulagChʻŏr-hwan Kang★★★★★4.5(3.1K)A chilling testimony...[It] freezes the heart and seizes the soul." -- Kirkus Reviews Kang Chol-hwan lives and works in...
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789Joseph J. Ellis★★★★★4.5(2.8K)The Wall Street Journal “The dissenters—George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison—faced...
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic BombNeal Bascomb★★★★★4.5(2.7K)A New York Times Espionage Bestseller "Weaving together his typicallyxa0intense research and a riveting narrative, Neal...
The Monk of MokhaDave Eggers★★★★★4.5(2.6K)“Exquisitely interesting… This is about the human capacity to dream—here, there, everywhere.” —Gabriel...
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military BaseAnnie Jacobsen★★★★★4.5(2.3K)Cauldron-stirring. [AREA 51] is not science fiction. It is an assertive account, revelatory ... Ms. Jacobsen has put...
This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History, Fiftieth Anniversary EditionT. R. Fehrenbach★★★★★4.5(2.2K)“Immensely readable.”— New York Times “A comprehensive and impressively written history of the Korean...
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History)Thomas Cahill★★★★★4.5(2.1K)In this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known "hinge" of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to...
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from GalileeBart D. Ehrman★★★★★4.5(2.1K)Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In...
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil WarTony Horwitz★★★★★4.5(1.8K)The freshest book about divisiveness in America that I have read in some time. This splendid commemoration of the war...
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas FrontierScott Zesch★★★★★4.5(1.7K)From Booklist On New Year's Day, 1870, Adolph Korn, the author's ancestor and son of German immigrants, was captured by...
The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam (General Military)Andrew A. Wiest★★★★★4.5(1.4K)“Wiest's use of personal interviews and letters home put a personal touch on the book. I felt a growing sense of...