History

The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction by Jamie Kreiner English | 2023 | History | 20 MB A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction

The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes by Luca Cesari English | 2023 | History | 2 MB What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it,

Great Short Books: A Year of Reading—Briefly by Kenneth C. Davis English | 2023 | History | 6 MB A delightful, entertaining guide to some of the best short novels

Shipwrecks in 100 Objects: Stories of Survival, Tragedy, Innovation and Courage by Simon Wills English | 2022 | History | 32.5 MB The history of shipwrecks involves many shocking episodes:

Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s fall and Anthony Albanese’s rise by Niki Savva English | 2022 | History | 508 KB ‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’ Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019,

Of Ice and Men: How We’ve Used Cold to Transform Humanity by Fred Hogge English | 2022 | History | 13.7 MB An exploration of humanity’s relationship with ice since

Spies Who Changed History: The Greatest Spies and Agents of the 20th Century by Nigel West English | 2022 | History | 14 MB Spies have made an extraordinary impact

Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America’s Mother Road by T. Lindsay Baker English | 2022 | History | 20 MB From its designation in 1926 to the rise of

Librorum Ridiculorum: a Compendium of Bizarre Books by Brian Lake English | 2022 | History | 114 MB A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found

Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers by Emma Smith English | 2022 | History | 5 MB A history of one of humankind’s most resilient and influential

The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent by John Hirst English | 2022 | History | 15.8 MB Uncover the decisive moments that shaped

Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal by Andreas Viestad English | 2022 | History | 409 KB With a celebrated food writer as host, a

Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects by Jean de Pomereu, Daniella McCahey English | 2022 | History | 129 MB This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of

The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J. W. Ocker English | 2022 | History | 41 MB Meet the monsters in our midst,

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession by Kate Summerscale English | 2022 | History | 28 MB From the winner of the Edgar Award and the