World History

The Island Greeting That We Send to You

Hampton Sides delivers with this highly readable narrative non-fiction account of the fateful, final voyage of Captain James Cook.

Money Changes Everything

A quick ride through the history of economics by economist, author, and member of the Australian Parliament Andrew Leigh

Keeping All My Secrets Safe Tonight

A loving father, quiet about his past, is harboring secrets too dark and too painful to reveal.

Australia Under Attack

A renowned Australian historian offers a look at the American and Australian generals leading the defense of Australia during World War II

Who were the Celts?

British anthropologist Alice Roberts takes us on a journey through European pre-history in search of the enigmatic Celts

The Only Thing in the World That Lasts

Prolific author Simon Winchester takes us through the story of land

Across Three Countries in Search of a Revolutionary War Hero

Tadeusz Kosciuszko fought in the American Revolution, led a revolution in his native Poland and is the namesake of the tallest mountain in Australia.

Airships in the Arctic

Buddy Levy explores the forgotten stories of polar explorers who went north by air

The Rise of the "Indosphere"

William Dalrymple on the spread of ancient Indian art, technology, literature, mathematics, culture and religion

Cabinet of Curiosities

History quick hits

True Tale of Shipwreck Reads More Like a Novel

The author of Killers of the Flower Moon tackles the story of an 18th Century British shipwreck

Travel and Family History Combine in This New Audiobook from Jordan Salama

From New York to Patagonia and the Argentine altiplano in a quest to uncover family secrets

Witch Hunts

Fears of demons, out of control conspiracy theories, and misunderstandings between colonizers and indigenous people fueled witch trials across seven centuries

The Life of A Ship - The Antarctic and Artic Explorer Erebus

Michael Palin gives the biographical treatment to an historic British ship whose polar adventures end in tragedy.

Three Short Reads

ARC Reviews of 1) Tragedy & Triumph on the Great Lakes, 2) Secret Britain: Unearthing Our Mysterious Past, and 3) Non-Fiction for Newbies

Book Review: Bush Runner

The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson

ARC Review - One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink, September 29, 1923

Book Review - Columbus: The Four Voyages

ARC Review - The War Came to Us

Book Review - A History of South Australia

Audiobook Review – Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK