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To Bail Out or Burn Up?

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading Read on for an excerpt that discusses Joe Moser’s fight for…
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Celebrating the Holidays: 15 Books History Buffs Will Love

by The History Reader

WCAG Heading While the holidays are primarily a time to reconnect with…
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William Bullitt: The Champagne Ambassador

by David McKean

WCAG Heading President-elect Franklin Roosevelt liked William Bullitt the moment they met. Bullitt was…
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Flying on Fumes: Stories of a WWII Fighter Pilot

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading Lightning Down is the incredible saga of American…
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Three Sisters: How One Family Survived Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

Inspired by a true story, Three Sisters follows the journey of Livia, Magda, and Cibi as…
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A Great Love Story of a Terrible Time

by Rebecca Frankel

WCAG Heading Rebecca Frankel’s Into the Forest explores a little-known chapter of Holocaust…
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1933: Democracy Destroyed

by Frank McDonough

WCAG Heading In the following excerpt from The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939, Frank McDonough…
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The History Behind the Mystery: Safecracking 101

by Ashley Weaver

WCAG Heading One of my favorite parts of writing historical fiction is the new…
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Remembering the Stories of the Holocaust

by The History Reader

WCAG Heading January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau…
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A Tip From Uncle Sam with Christmas Greetings

by William K. Klingaman

WCAG Heading In the midst of World War II, department stores across America…
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Summer History Reading: August 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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Rope’s Role in Colonial America’s Tarring and Feathering

he Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering. Copy of mezzotint attributed to Philip Dawe, 1774. Public domain.

by Tim Queeney

Tim Queeney, author of Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the…
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Richard Nixon’s Call for a Cosmic Hoedown

Apollo 11 launch from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969.

by Jeffrey Kluger

Few authors have had as big an impact on space journalism as Jeffrey…
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To Look Them in the Face: Bunker Hill 250

Map of The Battle of Bunker Hill.

by Jack Kelly

As part of the ongoing celebration of the birth of the United States…
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The Red Baron and Early Flyboys During WWI

Photograph of Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron.

by Tom Clavin

To celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI on…
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History Reads: July 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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This Is a Pretty Country We Live In: The Trial of Anne Royall

Ducking stool illustration

by Jack Kelly

In honor of Anne Royall's birthday (June 11, 1769), author Jack Kelly shares…
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Ben Franklin Gets Juiced With a Little Hemp

Ben West's painting of Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky.

by Tim Queeney

In June of 1752, with some sources specifically saying the tenth of June, Benjamin Franklin conducted…
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