The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg

By Helen Rappaport

A moment-by-moment account of the last thirteen days of the Russian Imperial family's lives draws on previously untapped resources to cover such topics as their imprisonment, the political maneuverings of those out to save or destroy them, and their brutal assassinations.

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How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower

By Adrian Goldsworthy

Examines the decline of the Roman Empire, from the second to the sixth century, and how internal conflicts and the personal ambitions of its rulers brought about its eventual downfall.

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Selling Your Father's Bones: America's 140-Year War against the Nez Perce Tribe

By Brian Schofield

Traces how the Nez Perce fled the U.S. military in 1877 through more than 1,700 miles of inhospitable wilderness and evaluates the long-term consequences of Manifest Destiny on the nation's environmental and cultural welfare.

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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

By Daniel James Brown

A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.

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Weller's War: A Legendary Foreign Correspondent's Saga of World War II on Five Continents

By George Weller; Edited by Anthony Weller

Presents the dispatches of World War II reporter George Weller, providing firsthand accounts of the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe.

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What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?': Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise," and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country

By Kevin Mattson

An assessment of the events that led up to Jimmy Carter's infamous 1979 "malaise" speech places it against a backdrop of such events as the gas crisis and the Iran-hostage situation while explaining that the speech had far greater relevance than its reception reflected, in an account that also claims the speech inadvertently set a course for the conservative movement.

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With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain

By Michael Korda

An in-depth history of the Battle of Britain draws on the firsthand perspectives of pilots, ground crews, and commanders on both sides, and places the campaign against a backdrop of the political forces that shaped it.

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The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II

By Patrick K. O'Donnell


Enhanced with photos and maps, this account tells the true story of a small team of American spies who parachuted into Italy with plans to destroy a segment of the Brenner Pass in order to halt supplies coming in from Germany during World War II.

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The Spartacus War

By Barry Strauss

A portrait of the iconic gladiator by an esteemed historian and popular History Channel guest traces his rise from slavery in Thrace and the gladiatorial school rebellion in 73 BC to his leadership at the head of a rapidly growing army and its frequent clashes with the Roman military.

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