History Books

The Apartment: A Century of Russian History explains the true history of 20th-century Russia through the story of a Moscow family and their apartment. Readers witness how each generation lived alongside larger social and political changes in Russia.

An unforgettable journey through Central Asia -- one of the most mysterious and history-laden regions of the world.

Catherine the Great modernized Russia through the ardent promotion of art and culture, founding the Hermitage and expanding both social and geographic borders.

A spellbinding journey through the global history of witchcraft, this volume follows the magickal tradition from its ancient roots to its modern incarnations.

From the Mongol hordes of the 13th century, the autocratic fists of successive tsars, to the fall of the Soviet Union and Russia's re-emergence as a superpower.

Revolution 1989 is an authoritative account, by journalist Victor Sebestyen, of the few months, and the few ordinary people, that brought down the Soviet Union, and changed the world forever.

The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history -- Catherine the Great.