History Books

Severely underfed, beaten, deprived of food and water as punishment for infractions big and small, and afflicted with rampaging fevers, thousands of prisoners died on British prison ships off Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War. Robert P. Watson draws on the accounts of survivors to paint a lurid picture of this hellish but little-known aspect of the war.

'Pioneers of German Graphic Design' by Jens Muller a must read for students of graphic design, and an insightful tome for professional artists who seek inspiration in their craft.

Faded painted signs from times past linger on the sides of Manhattan's buildings, advertising everything from theaters to hosiery, meat markets to hotels, stables to department stores. Ben Passikoff's big, crisp photos of these relics preserve a vanishing history of industry in New York.

'The Train To Crystal City' by Jan Jarobe Russell details life in Texas' Crystal City Internment camp during World War Two for Japanese, German, and Italian Americans.

Former prosecutor puts her talents to work in investigating the existence of a historical connection between a German assassin and Robert E. Lee

Royal biographer provides interesting perspective on World War I through biographic approach using European monarchs

'Red Fire: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution' by Wei Yang Chao is an eloquent account of how China's Cultural Revolution impacted individuals, families and the country.

'The Radium Girls' by Kate Moore, is a fascinating story of young women's fight for justice from radiation poisoning which gets lost in names and details.

Morpurgo's latest book addresses matters of energy and momentum, Copernican versus Ptolemaic understandings, the bases of human community, and our disturbing, often avaricious and rapacious relations to the physical world.

'Alex & Eliza' by Melissa De La Cruz takes us back into history and gives us a take on how the romance of these two figures, Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler, helps to shape a nation.