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Survivors
Children's Lives After the Holocaust
Shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize and a finalist for the 2021 Cundill History Prize Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust...
The Liberation of the Camps
The End of the Holocaust and Its Aftermath
A moving, deeply researched account of survivors’ experiences of liberation from Nazi death camps and the long, difficult years that followed When tortured inmates of Hitler’s concentration and extermination camps...
The Story of Work
A New History of Humankind
The first truly global history of work, an upbeat assessment from the age of the hunter-gatherer to the present day “Beginning in the hunting-and-gathering past, this long view of work shows how little has...
A Murderous Midsummer
The Western Rising of 1549
The fascinating story of the so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion” of 1549 which saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rise up against the Crown The Western Rising of 1549 was the most catastrophic event to occur in...
Security Empire
The Secret Police in Communist Eastern Europe
A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany ?This book examines the history of early secret police forces in Poland,...
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
“A convincing book that could make a big difference in the way we think about modern economic problems.”—Peter Passell, New York Times Book Review “Clearly, this is no ordinary theory....
How the Earthquake Bird Got Its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature
In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould, H. H. Shugart entertains and enlightens with parables from the amazing world of birds and mammals Although people have been altering earth’s landscapes to some...
Ezekiel 21-37
Ezekiel was and is perhaps the most misunderstood and challenging Hebrew prophet. His prophecies and visions transport us to almost indescribable realms, completely uncharted territory this side of heaven. But as one...
The Exile's Song
Edmond Dédé and the Unfinished Revolutions of the Atlantic World
The extraordinary story of African American composer Edmond Dédé, raised in antebellum New Orleans, and his remarkable career in France In 1855, Edmond Dédé, a free black composer from New Orleans,...
Picturing Animals in Britain
c. 1750-1850
From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This highly original...