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Leopold and Loeb: The Original Crime of the Century

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by Greg King and Penny Wilson

WCAG Heading A grim, glowering fortress loomed in the darkness,…
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The Sinking of the World’s Most Glamorous Ship

by Greg King and Penny Wilson

wcag heading wcag heading In 1956, a stunned world watched…
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Dining on the Andrea Doria: A Look Back at Culinary Experiences Aboard the Glamorous Ship

by Greg King and Penny Wilson

WCAG Heading By Greg King and Penny Wilson Take a trip back to the 1950s with…
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The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: “A Living Testament to the Importance of Beauty in the Everyday World”

by Greg King and Penny Wilson

Wcag Heading By Greg King and Penny Wilson In The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria,…
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The Many Affairs of Crown Prince Rudolf

WCAG Headingby Greg King and Penny Wilson On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried…
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Echoes of Mayerling: The Unlikely Career of Countess Marie Larisch

WCAG Headingby Greg King and Penny Wilson By 1918, the Austro-Hungarian and the German Empires had…
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Lessons from the Sinking of the Lusitania

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Three New History Books to Read This January

January 2026 Upcoming History Books
With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've…
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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

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

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

Neptune's Car Clipper Ship.

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

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

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

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

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide

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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