Títulos en Histórico

Near shipwrecks, exotic wild animals, nasty tropical diseases, and dedicated mission work. Follow Anna from her childhood in Illinois to India and China as she seeks to serve her Lord as a missionary and doctor for over 50 years.

Speaking Through Silence is a heartfelt memoir about a first-generation American coming-of-age in the shadow of her four Holocaust Survivor grandparents. In this riveting read, Judi Shink uncovers the hidden histories, inherited silences, and enduring love that shaped her identity. She unravels her family’s complicated and devastating past to forge a new path, while accepting the mantle of legacy that demands she speak out about a new 21st century kind of hate against her people.

Prabhudas Gandhi was born in 1901 in Porbandar to Chhaganlal Gandhi and Kashiben and like many members of his family, spent his childhood in South Africa at the Phoenix Ashram.The memoir, Jeevan nu Parodh in Gujarati was serialized in a hand-written journal called Madhpudo (The Beehive) that...

Babur, the visionary founder of Timurid Empire in Hindustan, had a fair share of early struggle following his father’s tragic demise in AD 1494. Then on, Babur embarked on an unyielding pursuit of power amid treacherous political landscapes, the narrative unveils his moniker, ‘the chessboard...

1986 erzählt vom West-Berlin der 80er-Jahre – von Freiheit, Subkultur und einer Stadt, die es so nie wieder geben wird. Eine persönliche Zeitreise voller Erinnerungen, Begegnungen und Geschichten aus einer einzigartigen Epoche.

In the aristocratic circles of early twentieth-century London, the company was as starched as the tablecloths. But a revolution was on the horizon, in the form of six remarkable society hostesses who would change the political, social, and cultural landscape of Britain forever. Some of these...

The remarkable story of George Downing—savvy soldier, politician, diplomat, spy, and one of the most scandalous figures of his era. Judged by contemporaries to be a "perfidious rogue," Sir George Downing rose to prominence during the English Civil War as Oliver Cromwell's chief of military...

A gripping true story of sacrifice, sabotage, survival and impossible choices, in the darkest days of war. One child. Two years in hiding. Three lives in mortal danger. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank's house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been...

Karpoori Thakur, often called Jannayak, was a legendary leader from Bihar who had a significant impact on India’s politics. In early 2024, he was posthumously honoured with the Bharat Ratna in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to society. Commemorating his birth centenary, this...

Segundo Humberto de Campos, pelo médium Chico Xavier, a última reencarnação de Judas Iscariotes na Terra, foi da conhecida heroína francesa Joana D'Arc, queimada nas fogueiras inquisitoriais do século XV, conforme mensagem apresentada no livro: Crô...

No mundo todo, a mídia, mais preocupada em chocar do que em informar, associa a Israel a imagem de um estado militarista, que promove massacres de palestinos e se opõe a qualquer tentativa de paz na região. A aliança entre fundamentalistas islâmicos...

This highly revelatory bookbased on original research and completely new analysispresents a compelling new suspect as the most notorious serial killer of all time: Jack the Ripper. Using a different analytical approach, for the first time, Sarah Bax Horton identifies a named perpetrator as Jack...

For a long time it seemed Antarctica would remain the sole holdout in a nearly fully explored world. The approaches were too difficult and dangerous, and the material benefits to the exploring nations were too few … Far from being a land of plenty, the Antarctic continent – if it was that...

In 2024, exactly one hundred years after his death at the age of forty, readers all over the world will reach for the works of Franz Kafka. Many of them will want to learn more about the enigmatic man behind the classic books filled with mysterious courts and monstrous insects. Who, exactly, was...

The definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One of history’s most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But few today realize that she was the last in a long line of Egyptian queens who bore that name...

A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when partisanship overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of...

America's most inspiring politician pays tribute to men and woman who have exhibited composure, wisdom and intellect in the face of tough decisions. John McCain draws from experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances, culling lessons about the process and...

From the New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britain's civil wars and the trial for his life. Less than forty years after England's golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself. Split...

Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography of America's greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the...

Sir Ernest Shackleton was one of the greatest explorers and leaders of men in the 20th Century. From 1914 to 1916 following the wreck of his ship Endurance and despite finding himself stranded 1200 miles from any form of communication and with no hope of rescue, he led all 27 of his men to...