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Unknown History: A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: Churchill’s Iron Curtain

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: The Great Berlin Power Struggle

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: Russia’s Secret Revolutionaries

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: Sleeping with the Enemy

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: The Americans Arrive in Berlin

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: Berlin Turns Red

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: The Colonel Who Went to War

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: A User’s Guide to the Branches of U.S. Government

by Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy; illustrated by Tom Toro

The three branches of the U.S. federal government—executive, legislative, and judicial—keep each other in line through…
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Unknown History: A User’s Guide to Getting Involved in Democracy—Petitions and Protests

by Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy; illustrated by Tom Toro

How do you get involved in U.S. Democracy? Here’s a crash course on next-level civic participation.…
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Unknown History

Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

Clover-Land Magazine [Northern Michigan University Archives]

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

The Escapes of David George Timeline

by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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Featured Excerpt: The Great Abolitionist

Southern Chivalry Argument versus Club's depiction, 1856.

by Stephen Puleo

The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published…
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Falling in Love with Texas’ Worst Town

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer

by Joe Pappalardo

From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…
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Featured Excerpt: I Told You So!

Thomas Sydenham – English physician (1624–1689).

by Matt Kaplan

From Darwin to Pasteur to modern-day scientists, Matt Kaplan's I Told You So!…
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Five History Books Coming This March!

The History Reader Upcoming Books March 2026
From society belles teaming up with gun manufacturers to save America's birds in The Feather Wars…
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