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A sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city forever—and an…

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One of Time’s 12 Books for the History Buffs on Your Holiday Gift List The first single-volume histo…

When the Rolling Stones first arrived at JFK Airport in June 1964, they hadn't even had a hit record…

Cycling has experienced a renaissance in the United States, as cities around the country promote the…

Riots are an aspect of American history that do not show up much in history textbooks, except for fa…

In the mid-17th century, the heart of England fell victim to the mother of all epidemic catastrophes…

When Sheryl Sculley was recruited to serve as San Antonio’s new city manager in 2005, the organizati…

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana, journalist Gary Rivlin trace…

An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it…

Though it started as a 300 person settlement in 1832, Chicago’s location near the Great Lakes and it…

In Ancient Mesopotamia, women in positions of royalty wielded significant power and influence, thoug…

Although the Biblical accounts of the Assyrians are among the most interesting and are often corrobo…

The ancient world was full of many fantastic cities and places, and like today’s major cities, the g…

This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also …

A thrill-seeking professor, William Knight, a former recipient of the Nobel Prize in Archeology, fro…

Few cities epitomize the best and worst of the United States like Detroit, which started as a remote…

Season of the Witch is the first audiobook to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this …

To the ancient Egyptians, the gods and goddesses were all around them and could be seen daily in nat…

A sweeping history of New York that chronicles the construction of one of the world’s great cities. …

Overall, Tulsa in 1921 was considered a modern, vibrant city. What had fueled this remarkable growth…

His drug- and alcohol-fueled antics made world headlines and engulfed a city in unprecedented contro…

This book came out at the beginning of the UFO craze, seventy years ago. With continuing interest in…

To many in the ancient world, their gods and goddesses were all around them and could be seen daily …

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Egypt in the 14th century was a glorious kingdom to behold. Spice merchants from Europe, Asia and Af…

The author of Baldwin’s Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritu…

The untold story of how America's beloved first president, George Washington, borrowed, leveraged, a…

Long before Alexandria was a city and even before Memphis and Babylon had attained greatness, the an…

Long before Alexandria was a city and even before Memphis and Babylon had attained greatness, the an…

Smyrna was one of the various cities that enjoyed brief yet important periods of influence in which …