Books

Regeen Kiernan Najar shares her essential philosophy picks with The Archive.

Explore how the most violent conflict in American history led to a defining period for the country, and its influence on our current era.

Neil Faulkner explores how a historian's insight impacted the development of the Middle East, in Lawrence of Arabia's War.

Find your coziest chair, and curl up with one of these incredible biographies to while away an afternoon or two.

These enlightening books examine the history and sociology of race.

We sat down for a special Father's Day-themed interview with the author of 40 Thieves on Saipan.

These glimpses into the past will help you cope with the present.

These stories will remind yourself that the world changes when one person steps up.

Reframe your world in an afternoon.

One of sports’ greatest writers took on the G.O.A.T. in Playing for Keeps.

Turn to these wise words to guide you through hard times.

The Confederate deserter and the victorious Union general shared their reminisces with each other and the country.

Rediscover the forgotten battles of America's most defining war.

We sat down for an interview with the author of The History of the Third Reich in 100 Objects.

In January of 1943, Warsaw Ghetto inmates began defying their German enemies—and sparked a widespread hunger for resistance.

The Renaissance painter was a virtuosic man whose wisdom was not limited by subject matter.

The sinking of the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic was a shocking and deadly disaster.

These biographies and history books shed new light on a larger-than-life legacy.

The 86-year-old biographer, actress, and journalist died in April from COVID-19 complications.

Take your mind off the current world with riveting true accounts of history's most poignant moments.