Historical Nonfiction Best Sellers - April 2024

The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War eraIn this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitab... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345476093
• ASIN: 0345476093
• ISBN: 0345476093
• Brand: Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim/ Massie, Robert K. (FRW)
• Manufacturer: Presidio Press

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉThe celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal an... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0782X9PFP
• ASIN: B0782X9PFP
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Presidents of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307409600
• ASIN: 0307409600
• ISBN: 9780307409607
• Brand: Crown
• Manufacturer: Crown

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Historical Nonfiction Bestseller, True Story Book of Survival)

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! — What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the mountain climbing incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes—have led to decades of speculation over t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1452140030
• ASIN: 1452140030
• ISBN: 1452140030
• Brand: Chronicle
• Size: N/A
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455540013
• ASIN: 1455540013
• ISBN: 1455540013
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia...During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers while they waited for rescue, and in 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip large enough for C-47 cargo plane... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451224957
• UPC: 783324820270
• ASIN: 0451224957
• ISBN: 0451224957
• Brand: Nal Caliber
• Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

“The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the Philippines made the stakes impossibly high and left little time to plan the complex operation. In Ghost Soldiers Hampt... [Read More]

• ASIN: 038549565X
• ASIN: 038549565X
• ISBN: 038549565X
• Brand: Anchor
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbi... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01CO34IQM
• ASIN: B01CO34IQM
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War IIWINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR RESEARCH NONFICTION In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed the perfect military machine—an e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 034554482X
• ASIN: 034554482X
• ISBN: 034554482X
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts.  Frankopan re... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00XST7IX2
• ASIN: B00XST7IX2
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Hideaway

Now a USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller!“A story both powerful and enchanting: a don’t-miss novel in the greatest southern traditions of storytelling.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling authorWhen her grandmother’s will wrenches Sara back home to Sweet Bay, Alabama, she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever knew in life.After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&B in Sweet Bay. She intends to quickly tie up loose ends then return to her busy life ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0718084225
• ASIN: 0718084225
• ISBN: 0718084225
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

Salt: A World History

An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the WorldIn his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions.  Populated by colorful ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142001619
• ASIN: 0142001619
• ISBN: 0142001619
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy

Virginia Hall left her Baltimore home in 1931 to enter the Foreign Service and went to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) when Hitler was building toward the peak of his power in Europe. She was assigned to France, where she helped the Resistance movement, escaped prisoners of war, and American Allied paratroopers. By 1942 she was considered so dangerous to the Gestapo that she had to escape over the Pyrenees mountains―on an artificial leg, no less. When she got to England, she was reassigned to France by the OSS, disguised as an old peasant woman. She helped capture 500... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159921072X
• UPC: 884203109865
• ASIN: 159921072X
• ISBN: 159921072X
• Brand: Lyons Press
• Manufacturer: Lyons Press

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0743270754
• ASIN: 0743270754
• ISBN: 0743270754
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Now I Know: The Revealing Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts

Did you know that there are actually 27 letters in the alphabet, or that the U.S. had a plan to invade Canada? And what actually happened to the flags left on the moon? Even if you think you have a handle on all things trivia, you're guaranteed a big surprise with Now I Know. From uncovering what happens to lost luggage to New York City's plan to crack down on crime by banning pinball, this book will challenge your knowledge of the fascinating stories behind the world's greatest facts. Covering 100 outrageous topics, Now I Know is the ultimate challenge for any know-it-all who thinks they have... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440563624
• UPC: 045079563629
• ASIN: 1440563624
• ISBN: 1440563624
• Brand: Adams Media
• Manufacturer: Adams Media

Alexander the Great : Military Commander and King of Ancient Greece - Biography Best Sellers | Children's Biographies - eBook

You know a lot about the Ancient Greece because of the writings of philosophers. But did you know that military personnel also helped to make Ancient Greece one of the most successful early civilizations in

• UPC: 333004962

Alexander the Great : Military Commander and King of Ancient Greece - Biography Best Sellers Children's Biographies

You know a lot about the Ancient Greece because of the writings of philosophers. But did you know that military personnel also helped to make Ancient Greece one of the most successful early civilizations in

• UPC: 610336289

StrengthsFinder 2.0

An updated version of the StrengthsFinder program developed by Gallup experts to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths and how they can be translated into personal and career

• UPC: 5512335
• Rating: 4.361

The Role of Religion and Divinity in the Middle Ages - History Book Best Sellers | Children's History - eBook

Religion and divinity are at two ends of the rope but somehow, both survived during the Middle Ages. Sure, there were stories about witchcraft and sorcery but Christianity still prospered. In this history book, we're

• UPC: 883370904

The Essential : Global Historical Reflections: An Intellectual Exception! Introducing a Newly Innovative Genre Histojectory a Prospective Best Seller

The Essential: Global Historical Reflections: An Intellectual Exception! Introducing a Newly Innovative Genre Histojectory a

• UPC: 830962153

Did the Spanish Conquistadors Find Wealth and Treasure? Biography Book Best Sellers | Children's Biography Books - eBook

This book will introduce you to the Spanish Conquistadors. You will get to learn about their adventures in general, and the specific explorations of some of the most popular explorers. Reading about the life and

• UPC: 640436333

Milk and Honey

\A collection of poetry and prose about

• UPC: 46509026
• Color: WhiteBlack
• Rating: 3.931

La catedral del mar: El cómic basado en el best seller / The Cathedral of the Sea: The Graphic Novel

El best seller de Ildefonso Falcones en una novela gráfica para todos. Siglo XIV. La ciudad de Barcelona se encuentra en su momento de mayor prosperidad. Ha crecido hacia el humilde barrio de pescadores, la

• UPC: 300750920

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

Discover new opportunities for growth through 35 chapters of exercises, suggestions, and hilariously inspiring

• UPC: 21663965
• Color: Yellow
• Rating: 4.25

Make Your Bed : Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

-On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, -What starts here changes the world,-

• UPC: 55218760
• Rating: 4.25

Borgia Bride Nevesta Bordzha Kniga zagadka kniga bestseller by Jeanne Kalogridis

• UPC: 312788592234
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 65 USD

The Wordy Shipmates Sara Vowell Paperback Historical Fiction Bestseller

• UPC: 392266959225
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 4 USD

#1NYT BESTSELLER:PRINCE-THE BEAUTIFUL ONES%NEW PIX+SCRAPBOOK+LYRIC SHEETS+BIOGRA

• UPC: 233462547769
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 29 USD

"A Memoir, Barbara Bush" Autobiography, Bestseller, St. Martin's Paperbacks

• UPC: 174188092047
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 4 USD

City of Girls: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert Hardcover Book F

• UPC: 362664514324
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 29 USD

Circe: The International No. 1 Bestseller - Shortlisted for the Women's Prize ,

• UPC: 382966355224
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 5 GBP

The Secrets at Ocean's Edge: The heart-breaking historical bestseller,Kali Nap

• UPC: 133055708161
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 3 GBP

Sleeper’s Castle: An epic historical romance from the Sunday Times bestseller, E

• UPC: 362788190758
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 3 GBP