History Books, War & Military Books, American & World History

With books that span continents as well as centuries, Sallye, the resident B&N history expert, delivers a lively mix of straight-up history and historical biography. Click here for the NOOK Book editions.

The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan

The Russian Origins of the First World War

Browse History

Erik Larson brings history to thrilling life with true stories, from his bestselling account of a murderer haunting the 1893 World's Fair, Devil in the White City, to his newest book, In the Garden of Beasts, which follows the first U.S. ambassador to Hitler's Germany, where his glamorous life gives way to terror.

Book Cover Image. Title: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, Author: Erik Larson

Book Cover Image. Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, Author: Erik Larson

Book Cover Image. Title: Thunderstruck, Author: Erik Larson

Book Cover Image. Title: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Author: Erik Larson

Book Cover Image. Title: Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities, Author: Erik Larson

Book Cover Image. Title: Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun, Author: Erik Larson

The Guns at Last Light

Rick Atkinson

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson concludes his "Liberation Trilogy" (An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle) with this sweeping account of the war in Western Europe from 1944-45. D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the European war, and Atkinson's nuanced account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand anew both the devastating cost of this global conflagration and the enormous effort required to win the Allied victory.