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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

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by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …
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Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies

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

German tank occupying France during WWII 1940-1945

by Nicholas Wright

In his book, Warhead, Dr. Nicholas Wright, a leading neuroscientist and adviser to…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

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Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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Hold the Hill

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading The Last Hill by Bob Drury and yours truly covers the dramatic…
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Men on White Horses

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by Susan Ronald

WCAG Heading There’s a chapter in my new book, Hitler’s Aristocrats, titled “Men on White…
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Hitler’s Jewish Army

by Ellen Feldman

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D-Day: Bagpipes and Snipers

by Giles Milton

WCAG Heading Who was Shimi Lovat? And how did a flamboyant Scottish aristocrat…
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Who Was Father Charles Coughlin?

by Bradley Hart

WCAG Heading by Bradley W. Hart In November 1938, one of America’s most famous radio personalities…
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Who Was William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Legion?

by Bradley Hart

WCAG Heading In 1933, a former Hollywood screenwriter-turned-mystic named William Dudley Pelley made…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War

Painting of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos. National Portrait Gallery (London). Public domain.

by Jack Kelly

In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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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

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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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