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Have a History Buff you need to find a gift for? We have the top titles in our History Gift Guide! From ancient history to recent, court intrigue to media gossip, spy craft to literary rivalries, you’ll have a wealth of subject matter to choose from!
Perfect for fans of: Ancient empires, royal intrigue, and modern scandals

The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty
Tracy Borman
from $22.84

Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History
Vanessa Taylor
from $24.09

Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood
Steve Tibble
from $23.47

Heiresses: The Women Who Brought Caribbean Slavery Home
Miranda Kaufmann
from $26.29

Everything Is Tuberculosis
John Green
from $20.72

The Fate of the Day
Rick Atkinson
from $30.40

Dark Renaissance
Stephen Greenblatt
from $23.36

The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner
Douglas C. Waller
from $15.59

Mark Twain
Ron Chernow
from $32.24

Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
Bench Ansfield
from $23.36

Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico
Ted Genoways
from $16.62

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
William Dalrymple
from $16.87

Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
Joe Dunthorne
from $15.99

Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
Hallie Rubenhold
from $24.09

Accidental Tyrant: A Biography of Kim il-Sung
Fyodor Tertitskiy
from $31.47

Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
from $19.69

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
Amanda H. Podany
from $22.69

Empire of the Elite
Michael Grynbaum
from $22.15
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Elie Wiesel
Since his unprecedented memoir Night woke up the world to the atrocities of the Holocaust in 1958, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel has dedicated his days to turning his survival story from one of horror to one of hope. From several works inspired by his experience to his insightful reflections in After the Darkness, Wiesel s work serves to both admonish and inspire.
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