American Revolution War

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025 “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame...

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts our thinking about America’s founding period. The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic...

Experience the dramatic road to rebellion in this gripping American history of a colonial tax dispute turned global war. Perfect for your daily commute or a deep-focus learning session, this sweeping narrative drops you directly into the escalating tensions of the eighteenth century. Hear the...

Shatter comforting colonial myths and uncover the brutal civil conflict that truly birthed a fractured, rebel nation. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive historical journey plunges you into the tense battlefields, rowdy taverns, and Indigenous lands where loyal subjects became...

“Powerful . . . As haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy [created] in The Road, and as devastating a look as the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in The Plot Against America. . . . Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, American War, is an...

Witness the epic military history of colonial rebellion, where everyday grievances ignited a war for independence. Perfect for your daily commute, this thought-provoking narrative transforms thirteen loyal British colonies into reluctant insurgents on the global stage. Experience a raw struggle...

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.

Step into the crossfire of rebellion with this immersive military history where everyday citizens risk death for freedom. Perfect for a gripping daily commute, this dramatic narrative transforms distant colonial battles into a tense, high-stakes fight for survival. Hear the cries of revolution...

Dive into an immersive military history of the gritty rebellion that shattered a global empire to forge a new republic. Perfect for your daily commute or focused learning, this fast-paced narrative transforms dry dates into a tense, character-driven struggle for survival. Witness the radical...

Master fast-paced US military history and explore the brutal conflicts that forged a nation into a global superpower. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative abandons dense jargon to thrust you directly onto the bloodstained battlefields and into tense political war rooms. Feel...

There has never been a nation like the United States of America. Its impact on the world is unprecedented in all of human history. After two and a half centuries of existence, it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without it. But how did it come into existence? Who has really done justice to this astonishing story? Innumerable books have been written about the American Revolution, but the definitive treatment of the full story simply does not exist—certainly not in our generation.

Dive into the epic political history and military revolutions that shattered empires across a turbulent Latin America. Perfect for your daily commute, this dramatic narrative transports you to the violent collapse of rigid colonial orders. Feel the explosive energy of Enlightenment ideals...

Experience the gritty reality of colonial rebellion, a military history where ordinary citizens defied a global empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative transports you directly to blood-soaked battlefields and freezing winter encampments. Feel the suspense of an underdog...

From the Pulitzer-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Nazis Next Door, a deeply reported exploration of the violent resurgence of hatred and white supremacy through the lens of Orange County, California—“ground zero” for racial extremism—and the story of one brutal murder...

The American Revolution signalled a great change in the course of world history and progress. From this colonial revolt sprouted ideals of liberty and democracy, and all the aspirations and ambitions of a new people. In this work, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood discusses the character and consequences of the revolution, grounding the events and ideas that shaped the American consciousness.

The American Revolution was a war that allowed the birth of a new country. Secrets of the American Revolution reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our hearts.

In 2018, I had a dream of a coming second American Revolution/Civil War. In this dream, I saw events that are now unfolding at a rapid pace. I saw the conclusion of our present trauma, and the triumph over the evil that has been subduing our land. I saw how this victory will be accomplished. This is what I saw.

“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife "Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic...

BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious...