Ben Macintyre The true story of one of history's most notorious prisons--and the remarkable cast of POWs who tried relentlessly to escape their captors.In this narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one...

Kenneth G Holum   Caesarea is one of the richest archaeological sites in Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast, this urban center was a port of great vitality that survived...

Jane Chisholm Packed full of fun and facts about everyday life in Ancient Egypt, this is the sort of book you dip into to find out about one thing...and end...

Raphael Patai In 1839, Muslims attacked the Jews of Meshhed, murdering 36 of them, and forcing the conversion of the rest. While some managed to escape across the Afghan border,...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an...

Sylvain Neuvel As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an adult, she’s dedicated her brilliant scientific career to...

Matti Friedman A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and...

Harvey JS Withers and Dr Tobias Capwell A detailed history of the development of swords, sabres, lances, daggers, fighting knives and bayonets, from their Paleolithic origins through to the 21st...

Robert Beckman The author analyzes the great financial crashes of modern times, ranging from the South Sea Bubble to Wall Street, in an attempt to prove that recent crises in...

Bryan Burrough and John Helyar A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall...

Lyn Smith A landmark achievement in Holocaust scholarship, Remembering Voices of the Holocaust is culled from hours of first person accounts from survivors recorded for inclusion in the sound archives...

David Biale Examines the political history of the Jews, discusses their interaction with various ideologies, and looks at the Holocaust and the state of Israel December 12, 1986 by Schocken...