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Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …

Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

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In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…

The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

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In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…

Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

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Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…

Featured Excerpt: Progress

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In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…

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The History Reader 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…

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It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…

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