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Dragon Roads: The Tang Dynasty and the Making of Global China

How Tang-era trade, culture, and diplomacy forged early Chinese cosmopolitanism and connected Eurasia

Alan Morgan

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Spice Trade Revealed

A Comprehensive History and Modern Economics of Global Spices

Keith Howard

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Blitzkrieg to Total War: Mechanized Warfare in World War II

Armored Doctrine, Airpower Integration, and Combined Arms Operations

Frank Freeman

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Siegecraft in Stone and Steel: The History of Siege Warfare

From Battering Rams to Artillery Barrages and Urban Destruction

Christina Wagner

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Trenches and Silence: A Tactical Guide to World War I Infantry Warfare

Weapons, Morale, and Small-Unit Leadership in the Great War

Debra Brown

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Women at Arms: Roles, Experiences, and Impact of Women in War throughout History

Combatants, nurses, homefront workers, and the changing gender dynamics of conflict

Paul Diaz

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Gunpowder and Kingdoms: How Firearms Remade Early Modern Warfare

State formation, empire building, and the military impact of gunpowder technology

Edward Aguilar

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Walls Under Fire: A Global History of Sieges, Fortifications, and Siegecraft

Architectural, tactical, and technological responses to the challenge of taking fortresses

Jesse Soto

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Oceanic Command: A History of Naval Warfare from Triremes to Aircraft Carriers

Maritime strategy, sea power, and the technology that controlled the oceans

Marilyn Morris

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Bipolar Battles: Proxy Wars, Nuclear Strategy, and the Cold War

Deterrence theory, covert operations, and regional conflicts under superpower rivalry

Roger Ferguson

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Global Inferno: Strategy, Technology, and Society in the Second World War

Operational art, industrial mobilization, and the social fabric of global conflict

Bobby Holmes

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Turning Points of War: Key Battles and Campaigns That Reshaped World History

Detailed case studies of decisive engagements and their strategic consequences

Joseph Howard

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Trenches, Tanks, and Total War: The First World War Reexamined

Industrialized combat, doctrine, and social consequences of World War I

Henry Sanders

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Gold, Salt, and Song: The Rise and Reach of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires

Trade, Scholarship, and Statecraft in West Africa's Medieval Period

Carolyn Brooks

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Chains Across the Atlantic: African Societies and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Origins, Impact, and Legacies of Forced Migration

Laura Vasquez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Empires at War: Spain, Portugal, Britain, France, and the Contest for the Americas

Colonial rivalries and the making of modern borders from the 16th to 19th centuries

Philip Gonzales

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Columbian Exchange Unpacked

How plants, animals, peoples, and pathogens reshaped the Americas and the globe

Kimberly Parker

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Revolutions of Liberty: Independence Movements in Latin America

From creole juntas to Bolivarian visions — politics, warfare, and nation building in the early 19th century

Susan Diaz

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Chains and Resistance: The History of Slavery in the Americas

Transatlantic slavery, maroon communities, and processes of emancipation across North and South America

Stephen Sanders

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

From Compass to Printing: Chinese Innovations and Global Impact

Technology, science, and the transmission of inventions that shaped the world

Michael Price

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Silk Roads and Sea Routes: Trade, Culture, and Power in China's World

The economic, cultural, and diplomatic impact of overland and maritime networks on China

Nathan Scott

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Dynasties of the Silk Roads: Central Asian Courts and Transcontinental Power

How steppe polities and sedentary empires forged dynastic rule through trade and conquest

Patrick Mason

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Queens and Queen-Makers: Women, Power, and Dynastic Survival

Female rulership and the networks that enabled queens to rule across cultures

Kenneth Jimenez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Operation Barbarossa

A History

Justin Ramos

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Sovereigns and States: A Global History of Monarchies and Dynasties

Comparative narratives of royal power from antiquity to the present era

Martha Kelly

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Marriages of State: Dynastic Alliances and International Diplomacy

The strategic marriages that forged empires, peace treaties, and rivalries

Stephen Harris

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Invasion

The Conquest of the New World

Mary Cole

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Global Crucible: How World War II Reshaped Nations and Borders

A concise global narrative of conflict, diplomacy, and the redrawing of the 20th-century map

Catherine Simmons

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Silent War of Codes: Intelligence, Espionage, and Codebreaking in World War II

How signals intelligence, human networks, and secret operations altered the course of the conflict

Kevin Wilson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Mobilizing the Home Front: Society, Industry, and Daily Life during World War II

How civilians, propaganda, and wartime policies transformed nations at war

Sharon Hill

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Childhood at War: Growing Up during World War II

Oral histories, diaries, and sociological studies of children's experiences across combatant and occupied societies

Mary Flores

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Steel Beasts: The Evolution of Tank Warfare 1939–1945

Design, doctrine, and decisive armored battles across multiple fronts

Kayla Evans

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Oceans at War: Submarines, Convoys, and the Battle for Sea Control

A comprehensive history of naval warfare, commerce raiding, and convoy systems in WWII

Philip Garza

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Agents in the Shadows: Special Operations, Clandestine Forces, and Resistance Networks

From SOE and OSS missions to partisan warfare and sabotage behind enemy lines

Karen Chavez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The First Two Decades: A Concise History of 21st Century Wars

A global narrative of major conflicts from 2001 to the present for students and general readers

Kenneth Herrera

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Borders of Fire: How World War I Rewrote the Middle East

The Sykes-Picot Legacy, Mandates, and the Origins of Modern Conflict

Kelly Spencer

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Silk Routes to Spice Ports

Trade, Exchange, and Cultural Networks Across South Asia and the Indian Ocean

Linda Wells

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Subcontinent Unfolded

A Comprehensive History of India and Its Neighbors from the Indus Valley to the 21st Century

Steven Anderson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

A History of Mexico

The Story of a Nation

Traffikoo LLC

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

A History of the British Empire

The Story of the World's Largest Empire

Traffikoo LLC

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

A History of Writing

Francis Carpenter

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Cold War Education: Curricula, Textbooks, and National Narratives

How schooling and history education transmitted ideological priorities during the Cold War

Madeline Jenkins

$6.99 (ebook), $21.99 (paperback)

Teaching the Cold War: Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, and Classroom Strategies

A practical guide for educators to teach Cold War history at secondary and undergraduate levels

Brandon West

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Iron Curtain to Open Archive: A Comprehensive History of the Cold War

An accessible chronological narrative from World War II to the Soviet collapse for students and general readers

Rebecca Sanchez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Decolonization and the Cold War: National Liberation in a Bipolar World

How anti-colonial movements interacted with Soviet and Western strategies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Jacqueline Sanders

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Diplomatic Hotlines and Backchannels: How Secret Communications Shaped Cold War Outcomes

An investigative study of unofficial diplomacy, messengers, and crisis backchannels

Eugene Reyes

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Proxy Wars and Local Realities: Vietnam, Korea, and Angola Reexamined

Comparative case studies of major Cold War proxy conflicts and their long-term impacts

Pamela Williams

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Queer Affections: A History of Same-Sex Romance and Intimacy

Hidden lives, social networks, and legal battles from antiquity to the present

Diana Foster

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Hearts Through Time: A Global History of Romantic Relationships

From prehistoric pair bonds to 21st-century partnerships, a comprehensive cultural timeline

Patrick Jordan

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

From Test Site to Tomb: The Human Cost of Nuclear Testing

Documentary investigation into communities affected by atmospheric and underground tests

Bobby Howard

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Atlas of the Dark Ages: Maps, Timelines, and Visual Narratives

A cartographic and visual reference to political boundaries, migrations, and cultural networks, 400–1000 CE

Philip Marshall

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Explorers, Empires, and Encounters: The Globalizing Renaissance

How voyages of exploration and early colonial contact reshaped economies, cultures, and knowledge

Martha Romero

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Myth of Darkness: Historiography of the Dark Ages

How historians constructed and dismantled the Dark Ages narrative from Enlightenment to today

Lauren Chen

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Empire, Trade, and Resistance: France's Colonial World, 1600–1962

An integrated history of French imperialism from sugar plantations to decolonization struggles

Victoria Hawkins

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Empires of Need: Colonialism, Extraction, and the Making of Poverty

A critical history of how empire-building created and institutionalized deprivation in the Global South

Bradley Carter

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Long Shadow of Want: A Global History of Poverty

From hunter-gatherers to the 21st century, tracing how scarcity shaped societies

Logan Brooks

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Silk Road of Ideas

Science, Technology, and Knowledge Transfer in Pre-Modern Asia

Jordan Washington

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Revolutions North of the Border: Independence, Rebellion, and Nation Building

Comparative Studies of the American, Haitian, Mexican, and Canadian Transformations

Arthur Fox

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Steppe Thunder

The Mongol Conquests and the Making of Eurasia

Janet Perez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Silk Roads Rewoven

Trade, Transmission, and Transformation Across Eurasia

Kayla Morales

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

The Portuguese Margin: Brazil from Colony to Empire

Economic and social transformations in Brazil, 1500–1889

Gregory Ramos

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Slave Routes and Freedom Struggles

The African diaspora and abolition in South America

Evelyn Sullivan

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Leaders Who Changed the World Stage

Profiles of statespeople whose choices reshaped international relations

Harold Torres

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

From Empires to Nation-States

How 19th and 20th century transformations forged modern world politics

Johnny Wright

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Atlantic Crossings

European Empires, Trade Networks, and the Global Economy 1500–1850

Beverly Barnes

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Silk Road Reimagined

How Trade, Religion, and Ideas Connected East and West from Chang'an to Constantinople

Deborah Cole

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Wires of Empire: Telegraph, Telephone, and the Birth of Global Communication

The political, economic, and technical story of long-distance electric communication from undersea cables to switchboards

Amy Torres

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Non-Western Tech Traditions: Innovations from China, India, the Islamic World, and Africa

A global corrective that documents technological creativity outside the European narrative across centuries

Raymond Kelly

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Small States, Big Influence: The Global Impact of Peripheral Powers

Case studies showing how small kingdoms, city-states, and minor polities exerted outsized economic, cultural, and diplomatic influence

Anthony Edwards

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Coal, Oil, and Industry: Energy Transitions in World History

A deep dive into the energy sources that powered economic revolutions, warfare, and environmental transformation from biomass to fossil fuels and beyond

Walter Mitchell

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Networks of Ideas: Intellectual Exchange from Antiquity to the Digital Age

A history of how scholarly, philosophical, and scientific networks transmitted knowledge across time and space, spawning innovations and institutions

Bryan White

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Cities That Made the World: Urbanization and Power from Uruk to Shanghai

A global urban history that analyzes how cities emerged, governed, and exported influence across economic and cultural systems

Christine Simmons

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Waves of Migration: Diasporas, Borders, and Identity in World History

A transnational account of migration patterns, refugee flows, and diaspora formation, and their effects on host and origin societies

Eugene Lopez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Breaking Empire: Case Studies in Decolonization and Nation Building

Region-by-region analyses of the end of empire and the complex processes of founding modern nation-states in the 20th century

Patrick Ward

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Teaching World History: Practical Curriculum Design and Classroom Strategies

A hands-on guide for educators on designing inclusive, chronological and thematic world history courses for secondary and undergraduate levels

Nicole Stewart

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Daily Lives of Ordinary People: Social History from Peasants to Urban Workers

A bottom-up exploration of food, family, labor, and leisure across continents that recovers the lived experiences of non-elites

Amber Hall

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Law and Empire: Legal Systems from Hammurabi to Human Rights

A comparative legal history tracing how codes, courts, and legal thought underpinned governance and legitimacy in diverse societies

Heather Henderson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

A Short History of Everything Global: Beginner's Guide to World History

A succinct, illustrated primer for newcomers covering major turning points, civilizations, and global interconnections from antiquity to the present

Amy Jimenez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Revolutions Rewired: Comparative Histories of Political Upheaval

A comparative study of major revolutions — French, American, Chinese, Russian, and decolonization movements — that maps causes, strategies, and outcomes

Randy Ramirez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Invisible Armies: Epidemics and the Course of World History

A study of how disease, pandemics, and public health responses redirected political, economic, and social trajectories worldwide

Lauren Lee

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Gunpowder and Protocols: Warfare, Diplomacy, and Statecraft in Global History

An integrated look at military technology, diplomatic institutions, and strategic thinking from medieval sieges to nuclear deterrence

Danielle Torres

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Empires of Water: Rivers, Seas, and the Rise of Civilizations

A hydrological perspective on how waterways determined political power, urban life, and imperial strategies across world history

Ann Wells

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Primary Sources Guide to World History: Reading Documents, Interpreting Contexts

A practical manual for students and teachers on how to analyze letters, legal codes, maps, and artifacts across periods and regions

Terry Herrera

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Mapping the World: How Cartography Shaped Empires and Ideas

A narrative history of maps, navigation, and spatial imagination that explores how representation of space affected exploration, colonization, and knowledge production

Gerald Cook

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Silk Roads to Silicon Chips: A Global History of Trade and Technology

How trade networks shaped economic power, cultural exchange, and technological innovation from antiquity to the digital age

Stephen Edwards

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Coins, Credit, and Commerce: The Financial Engines of Global History

An accessible economic history explaining the evolution of money, banking, and fiscal systems from ancient minting to modern markets

Bobby Dixon

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Mexico in Global Context: Migration, Trade, and Cultural Exchange Since 1500

A broad survey linking Mexico's internal transformations to global economic and cultural networks

Denise Garza

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Colonial Mexico Unpacked: Economy, Society, and the Church, 1521–1821

A social and economic history of New Spain that centers labor systems, urban life, and ecclesiastical power

Ethan Baker

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Malta

The History of a Mediterranean Archipelago

Alexander Bugeja

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Alexander's Legacy: Empire Building, Cultural Exchange, and Hellenistic States

A study of conquest, fusion, and administration in the wake of Alexander's campaigns

Charles Allen

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)