Since its publication in 1960, this monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours....

The Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum....

Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....

The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....

When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nations currency depreciates beyond recovery....

La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, 25 million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death....

The English-speaking peoples comprise perhaps the greatest number of human beings sharing a common language in the world today....

Life in a Medieval City is the classic account of the year 1250 in the city of Troyes, in modern-day France....

Henry VIII, who ruled England for almost four decades, provokes questions. In this series of 24 revealing lectures, an honored teacher offers an intimate portrait of the monarch....

These lectures consistently deliver a fresh level of understanding about medieval England, its rulers and subjects, and their significance....

From the end of the Middle Ages to the First World War, Europe was dominated by one family: the Habsburgs. Their unprecedented rule is the focus of Simon Winder's vivid third book, Danubia. Thrillingly informative, Danubia is a treat that listeners will be eager to dip into....

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots....