
Peter Schmitz
A collection of stories and fascinating facets of theater history in Philadelphia.
305 pp. Hardcover - HistoryAaron Robertson
A lyrical meditation on how Black Americans have envisioned utopia―and sought to transform their lives.
A New York Times Editors' Choice
382 pp. Hardcover - HistoryAlexander Wood
A sweeping history of New York that chronicles the construction of one of the world’s great cities.
474 pp. Hardcover - HistoryGail Rodgers McCormick
Spurred by a surprising family discovery, Gail McCormick embarked on an historical journey to uncover the story of a unique society of Swedenborgians, a Christian sect inspired by the works of eighteenth-century scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg.
- Vol. 1. 1817-1875
- Vol. 2. 1875-1971
John Shears, Nico Vincent
This is the amazing story in words and images of the historic discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, deep beneath the ice of Antarctica.
253 pp. Hardcover - HistoryWilliam Dalrymple
The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.
82 pp. Hardcover - HistoryStephanie Gorton
A riveting history about the little-known rivalry between Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett that profoundly shaped reproductive rights in America
458 pp. Hardcover - HistoryRichard Munson
The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country.
240 pp. Hardcover - HistoryRichard L. Kagan
The first comprehensive biography of Philadelphia’s Henry C. Lea (1825–1909): historian, publisher, political activist, and reformer.
364 pp. Hardcover - HistoryDavid Suisman
An original history of music in the lives of American soldiers.
358 pp. Hardcover - HistoryJudith Giesberg
Drawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, dramatic story of formerly enslaved people who spent years searching for family members stolen away during slavery.
309 pp. Hardcover - HistoryPatrick Parr
Drawing upon interviews, correspondence, and nearly 2000 pages of never-before-used prison records, Malcolm Before X is the definitive examination of the prison years of civil rights icon Malcolm X.
362 pp. Hardcover - HistoryJohn Henry Hepp IV
Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.
136 pp. Hardcover - HistoryPolly Zavadivker
A history of how Russia's Jews formed the largest and most influential humanitarian campaign in their history, and of their leaders and institutions that endured long past the years of war and revolution.
327 pp. Hardcover - HistoryYuval Noah Harari
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
492 pp. Hardcover - HistoryGenealogical Society of Pennsylvania
A new and improved guidebook to the many resources for family history in and about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... Containing historical maps of counties, lists of communities and townships, contact information for organizations and courthouses.
302 pp. Hardcover - HistoryAlbert J. Churella
The final volume of Albert J. Churella's landmark series, The Pennsylvania Railroad, concludes the story of the iconic transportation company, covering its long decline from the 1930s to its merger with the New York Central Railroad in 1968.
905 pp. Hardcover - HistoryPaul Kahan
A comprehensive history of Philadelphia from the region’s original Lenape inhabitants to the myriad of residents in the twenty-first century.
410 pp. Hardcover - HistoryAdrian Tinniswood
Adrian Tinniswood reconstructs life in the country house during its golden age before the Great War, when Britain ruled over a quarter of the earth's population and its stately homes were at their most opulent. But change was on the horizon: the landed classes were being forced to grapple not only with new neighbors, but also with new social norms and expectations.
439 pp. Hardcover - HistoryAnne Somerset
A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed British government during her sixty-three-year reign.
630 pp. Hardcover - HistoryJustin McHenry
A wealth of stories showing why Philadelphia was America’s first great city in the years before the Revolution.
208 pp. Hardcover - HistoryJames Stourton
A colorful and fast-moving account of how postwar London became the global center of the art market--a story of Impressionist masterpieces, dodgy dealers, and ground-breaking financial transactions.
424 pp. Hardcover - HistoryJustene Hill Edwards
A leading historian exposes how the rise and tragic failure of the Freedman’s Bank has shaped economic inequality in America.
310 pp. Hardcover - HistoryKate Winkler Dawson
Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, andtrue-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the true story of the scandalous murder investigation that became the inspiration for both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and the first true-crime book published in America.
307 pp. Hardcover - HistoryMary Frances Berry
An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them.
170 pp. Hardcover - HistoryWill Caverly
When plans to overhaul Southwest Philadelphia in the 1950s scheduled both the integrated neighborhood of Eastwick and the ecologically valuable Tinicum marshes to be razed, two grassroots movements took up the cause―battling eminent domain in the name of environmental conservation and economic injustice.
298 pp. Hardcover - HistoryMin Kyung Lee
A revolutionary study of nineteenth-century Parisian cartography and its role in shaping a modern conception of space.
192 pp. Hardcover - HistoryBeth Anne Keates, Kenneth C. Springirth
Details the history of SEPTA's acquisitions and its preservation of commuter and trolley lines in Philadelphia.
128 pp. Hardcover - HistoryBob Woodward
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency.
467 pp. Hardcover - HistoryRobert D. Kaplan
An urgent exploration of a world in constant crisis, where every regional disaster threatens to become a global conflict, with lessons from history that can stop the spiral—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography.
207 pp. Hardcover - History