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13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

14th century

• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman (1300s)

16th century

• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli

1770s

• 1776 by David McCullough

1776

• 1776 by David McCullough

1788-89 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1792 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1796 presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

17th century

• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
• Shogun by James Clavell

1800 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1893 Chicago World's Fair

• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

18th century

• 1776 by David McCullough
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

19th century

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
• Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
• On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin, 1809-1882
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

1st century

• I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage Internati by Robert Graves

1st century BCE

• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
• I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage Internati by Robert Graves

5th century BCE

• The Art of War by Sun Tzu

9-11 Memorial Service

• The Camel Club by David Baldacci

Academy Awards

• Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris

Afghan Civil War

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Afghan Wars

• King and Maxwell (King & Maxwell Series Book 6) by David Baldacci

African-American Civil Rights Movement

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley by Attallah Shabazz

Alabama claims

• The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography (1918) by Henry Adams

American Civil War

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser
• Grant by Jean Edward Smith
• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick
• Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library) by Shelby Foote (1865)
• The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol. Set) by Shelby Foote (1865)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (1865)
• The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography (1918) by Henry Adams (1865)
• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Vintage) by T.J. Stiles (1865)
• Grant and Sherman CD: The Friendship That Won the Civil War by Charles Bracelen Flood (1865)
• How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander (1865)
• The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library) by Michael Shaara (1865)
• Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography by Gene Smith (1865)
• The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace by H.W. Brands (1865)
• The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow (1865)
• Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War by Jack Hurst (1865)
• The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses Grant, S. (1865)
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (1865)
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1865)
• The Twentieth Maine: A Classic Story of Joshua Chamberlain and His Volunteer Regiment by John J. Pullen (1865)

American Declaration of Independence

• 1776 by David McCullough (1776)

American Revolution

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• The Power of Myth (Illustrated Edition) by Joseph Campbell
• 1776 by David McCullough ( 1783)
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ( 1783)
• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1783)
• Benjamin Franklin : An American Life by Walter Isaacson (1783)
• His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis (1783)
• Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (Icons of America) by Gore Vidal (1783)
• John Adams by David McCullough (1775 ∙ 1783)

The Anarchy

• The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club) by Ken Follett ( 1153)

Anglo Saxon period

• The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1) by Bernard Cornwell

Anschluss

• The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal

Arab Revolt

• Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda (1918)

Armistice Day

• Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax by Joseph Persico

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• April 1865: The Month That Saved America (P.S.) by Jay Winik
• Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by James L. Swanson

Assassination of James A. Garfield

• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard (1881)

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) by John Irving (1963-11-22)

Assassination of Julius Caesar

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (44BCE-03-15)

Assassination of Malcolm X

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley by Attallah Shabazz

Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides ([1968])

Assassination of Russian imperial family

• George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter

Atlantic Conference

• Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (1941)

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos by Jennet Conant (1945)
• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (1945)
• Truman by David McCullough (1945)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Operation Snow (World War II Collection) by John Koster

The attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II

• Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy) by Tom Clancy (1981-05-13)

Attempted takeover of the Erie Railroad

• Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons by Edward J. Renehan Jr.

Austro-Turkish War

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1791)

Bataan Death March

• Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides

Battle for Henderson Field

• Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone by James Brady

Battle of Actium

• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Battle of Agincourt

• The Face of Battle by John Keegan (1415-10-25)

Battle of Alesia

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (52 BCE)

Battle of Alexandria

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ([1801])

Battle of Antietam

• The Twentieth Maine: A Classic Story of Joshua Chamberlain and His Volunteer Regiment by John J. Pullen (1862)
• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1862-09-17)

Battle of Borodino

• The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army by Stephan Talty (1812-09-07)

Battle of Bosworth Field

• The Tudors : the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty by G. J. Meyer (1485-08-22)

Battle of Britain

• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham

Battle of Bunker Hill

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1775-06-17)

Battle of Cape Gloucester

• Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie (1944)

Battle of Caporetto

• A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Battle of Champion's Hill

• The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library) by Shelby Foote (1863-05-16)

Battle of Chancellorsville

• The Twentieth Maine: A Classic Story of Joshua Chamberlain and His Volunteer Regiment by John J. Pullen

Battle of Chattanooga

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of Chickamauga

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of Chippenham

• The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Chronicles Series #2) by Bernard Cornwell (878)

Battle of Chosin Reservoir

• Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story--The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company by Patrick K. O'Donnell (1950-12-13)
• Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis (1950-12-13)

Battle of Corinth, Mississippi

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of Cynwit

• The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1) by Bernard Cornwell (878)

Battle of Dara

• Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe by William Rosen (530)

Battle of Ethandun

• The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Chronicles Series #2) by Bernard Cornwell (878)

Battle of Franklin

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of Fredericksburg

• The Twentieth Maine: A Classic Story of Joshua Chamberlain and His Volunteer Regiment by John J. Pullen (1862-12-13)

Battle of Gergovia

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (52 BCE)

Battle of Gettysburg

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser
• The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library) by Michael Shaara (1863-07-03)
• The Twentieth Maine: A Classic Story of Joshua Chamberlain and His Volunteer Regiment by John J. Pullen (1863-07-03)

Battle of Hogwarts

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling

Battle of Inchon

• Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis (1950)

Battle of Iwo Jima

• Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone by James Brady

Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 by Evan Thomas (1944-10-26)

Battle of Long Island

• 1776 by David McCullough (1776-08-27)

Battle of Lookout Mountain

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of Milvian Bridge

• Constantine and the Conversion of Europe by A. H. M. Jones

Battle of Missionary Ridge

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of Mont Cenis

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (1794)

Battle of Nashville

• Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

Battle of New Orleans

• Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands

Battle of Peleliu

• Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie (1944)

Battle of Princeton

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1777)

Battle of Rivoli

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Battle of Shiloh

• Grant and Sherman CD: The Friendship That Won the Civil War by Charles Bracelen Flood (1862-04-07)

Battle of Smolensk

• The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army by Stephan Talty

Battle of the Arar

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (58 BCE)

Battle of the Atlantic

• Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943 by David Kahn (1945)

Battle of the Bulge

• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham
• Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan (1945)

Battle of the Department of Mysteries

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (1995)

Battle of the Nile

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ( [1798])

Battle of the Pyramids

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ([1798])

Battle of the Somme

• The Face of Battle by John Keegan (1916)
• A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1916)

Battle of the Wilderness

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1865-05-07)

Battle of Thermopylae

• Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (Vintage) by Paul Cartledge (480 BCE)

Battle of Trenton

• 1776 by David McCullough (1776-12-26)
• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1776-12-26)

Battle of Waterloo

• The Face of Battle by John Keegan (1815-06-18)
• Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom (1815-06-18)

Battle of York

• The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1) by Bernard Cornwell (867-03-21)

Battle of Yorktown

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Battle of Zama

• How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander (202 BCE-10-19)

Beat Generation

• On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac

The Big Burn

• The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan (August 1910)

Black Death

• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman (1340s)

Black Friday

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Vintage) by T.J. Stiles

Bretton Woods Conference

• Lords of Finance: 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (1944)

British Raj

• Gandhi an Autobiography by Gandhi (1947)

Broad Street Cholera Outbreak

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1854)

Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

• The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough

Building of the Panama Canal

• The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough

Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

• Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 by Stephen E. Ambrose

Burr-Hamilton Duel

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1804)

Byzantine Empire

• Byzantium (Great Ages of Man) by Philip Sherrard

Caesar's invasions of Britain

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (54 BCE)

California Gold Rush

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Vintage) by T.J. Stiles (1848–1855)

Carolinas Campaign

• The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow (1865)

Casablanca Conference

• Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (1943)

Centennial Exhibition of 1876

• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Chicago World's Fair

• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson (1893)

Chinese Civil War

• How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander (1950)

Christmas

• Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
• A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) by John Irving

Christmas Day

• Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris

Cold War

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
• Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile
• Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre

Compromise of 1790

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Constitutional Convention

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1787)
• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1787)

Continental Congress

• John Adams by David McCullough
• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1789)

Convention of Versailles

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1756-05-01)

Council of Chalcedon

• Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe by William Rosen (451)

Council of Nicaea

• Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe by William Rosen (325)

Creek War

• Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands

Crusades

• Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent

The Cutting of the Elm at Gisors

• Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent

D-Day

• Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan (1944-06-06)

D-Day, Normandy, France 1944

• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham

Dalai Lama goes into exile [1959]

• Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Up in Honey's Room: A Novel by Elmore Leonard

Declaration of Independence approved

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1776)

Dedication of Brennan, Pennsylvania

• The Camel Club by David Baldacci

Destruction of the Naj Hammandi Scrolls

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

Disaster: Dam Break

• The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

Disaster: Flood

• The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

Disaster: Volcano Eruption

• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester

Discovery of the Naj Hammandi Scrolls

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

Dreyfus Affair

• The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal

Dust Bowl

• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Dust Bowl Era

• The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck

East End Cholera Outbreak

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1866)

Easter

• The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1) by Richard Ford

Election of 1800

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Emancipation Proclamation

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1863-01-01)

English Civil War

• Age of Kings (Great Ages of Man) by Charles Blitzer

Erie War

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Vintage) by T.J. Stiles

Evacuation of Boston

• 1776 by David McCullough (1776-03)

Execution of William Kemmler

• AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War by Tom McNichol ( Buffalo, New York, USA)

Federalist Era

• John Adams by David McCullough (U.S. history ∙ 1789 ∙ 1801)

First Parition of Poland

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1772)

Flucht

• The Innocent (Will Robie Book 1) by David Baldacci

The founding and operation of the Society of the Inner Light

• The story of Dion Fortune by Charles Fielding

French and Indian War

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser
• His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis

French capture of the bridge in Clausen

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (1797)

French Revolution

• How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ( 1799)
• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1799)
• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ( 1799)
• The Black Tower: A Novel (P.S.) by Louis Bayard (1799)
• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1794)

French Revolutionary Wars

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Gallic Wars

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (50 BCE)

Genesis creation narrative

• The Power of Myth (Illustrated Edition) by Joseph Campbell

George Washington's Farewell Address

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

George Washington's Presidency

• His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis

Gettysburg Address

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1863-11)

Gettysburg Campaign

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser
• The Twentieth Maine: A Classic Story of Joshua Chamberlain and His Volunteer Regiment by John J. Pullen (1863)
• The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library) by Michael Shaara (1863-07)

global warming

• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman

Golden Age of Comic Books

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

Great Depression

• Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
• The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes
• The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck
• Lords of Finance: 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands
• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
• Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (1930s)

The Great Exhibition

• Age of Progress (Great Ages of Man) by S. C. Burchell (1851)

Great Recession

• Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe by Gillian Tett

The Great Revelation

• All Together Dead (Original MM Art): A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
• Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Bk. 3) by Charlaine Harris
• Dead and Gone (Orig MM Art): A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
• Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4) Publisher: Ace by Charlaine Harris
• Dead Until Dark Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1 by Charlaine Harris
• Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 6) by Charlaine Harris
• From Dead to Worse (Original MM Art) (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
• Living Dead in Dallas (Original MM Art) (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
• Dead as a Doornail (Original MM Art): A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris (fictional)

Great Roman Civil War

• Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Roman Legions) by Stephen Dando-Collins (45 BCE)

The Great Stink

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1858)

Greco-Persian Wars

• Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (Vintage) by Paul Cartledge (449 BCE)

Greek War of Independence

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1830)

Guadalcanal Campaign

• Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone by James Brady
• Guadalcanal Diary (Modern Library War) by Richard Tregaskis (1943-02-09)
• Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie (1943-02-09)
• Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis (1943-02-09)

Guadalcanal Campaign 1942-43

• Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone by James Brady

Gulf 1

• The Innocent (Will Robie Book 1) by David Baldacci

Hajj

• Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

Hamilton–Reynolds affair

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ( 1797)

Hartford circus fire

• The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan (1944-07-06)

Hellenistic Period

• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Highjacking of a top secret shipment of Euros

• King and Maxwell (King & Maxwell Series Book 6) by David Baldacci

Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

• In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (1930-01-30)

Holocaust

• The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal
• Man's Search for Meaning an Introduction to Logotherapy by Victor Frankel
• The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon ( 1945)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)

Hundred Years' War

• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman ( 1453)

Hurricane Katrina

• All Together Dead (Original MM Art): A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
• From Dead to Worse (Original MM Art) (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
• The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries) by James Lee Burke (2005)

Hurricane Rita

• The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries) by James Lee Burke (2005)

Inaguration of Abraham Lincoln

• The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (1861)

Invention of chronometer

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

Iran-Contra Affair

• Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile
• King and Maxwell (King & Maxwell Series Book 6) by David Baldacci
• A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) by John Irving (1990)

Italian Renaissance

• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli

Jacksonian Era

• Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands

Jazz Age

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

John Adams Presidency

• John Adams by David McCullough

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

• Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz (1859-10-18)

Johnstown Flood

• The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (1889-05-31)

Joining The Golden Dawn

• The story of Dion Fortune by Charles Fielding

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1854)
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1854)

Kefauver Senate Hearings

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon ( 1951)

Kidnapping of President Brennan

• The Camel Club by David Baldacci

the killing of Danny Hansford

• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (1981)

King Philip's War

• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick ( 1676-08)

Klondike Gold Rush

• The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard Blum (1899)
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1898)

Korean War

• The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat by Bob Drury
• Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story--The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company by Patrick K. O'Donnell (1953)
• How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander (1953)
• Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis (1953)
• Truman by David McCullough (1953)

Kościuszko Uprising

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1794)

Krakatoa Eruption

• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (1883)

Lend Lease

• Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (1945)

Lewis and Clark Expedition

• The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible by Simon Winchester
• Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery by Stephen E. Ambrose (1806)

Liberation of the Philippines

• Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 by Evan Thomas (1945-08-15)

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1861)

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1865)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1858)

Little Ice Age

• Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe by William Rosen (1303-1850)

Long March

• How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander

Los Angeles Times Bombing

• American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene) by Howard Blum (1910)

Manhattan Project

• 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos by Jennet Conant
• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird

Manifesto of Silence

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1763-06-04)

Mardi Gras

• City of Masks: A Cree Black Novel by Daniel Hecht

Marshall Plan

• Truman by David McCullough (1951)

McCarthy Era

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird

Mexican-American War

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1848)
• Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides (1848)
• The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses Grant, S. (1848)

Middle Ages

• The Burning Land: A Novel (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell
• Death of Kings (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell
• The Empty Throne: A Novel (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell
• The Flame Bearer (The Last Kingdom Series) by Bernard Cornwell
• The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1) by Bernard Cornwell
• Lords of the North: A Novel (Saxon Tales Book 3) by Bernard Cornwell
• The Pagan Lord: A Novel (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell
• The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Chronicles Series #2) by Bernard Cornwell
• Sword Song: The Battle for London (Saxon Tales Book 4) by Bernard Cornwell
• War of the Wolf: A Novel (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell
• Warriors of the Storm: A Novel (Saxon Tales) by Bernard Cornwell

Missouri Compromise

• America's First Dynasty : The Adamses, 1735--1918 by Richard Brookhiser (1820)

Mongol Empire

• Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Monster of Florence Serial Killings

• The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston (1974-1985)

Moscow Plague Riot

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1771)

Napoleonic Wars

• Black Powder War (Temeraire, Book 3) by Naomi Novik
• Blood of Tyrants (Temeraire) by Naomi Novik
• Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4) by Naomi Novik
• His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Book 1) by Naomi Novik
• League of Dragons (Temeraire) by Naomi Novik
• Throne Of Jade by Naomi Novik
• Victory of Eagles (Temeraire) by Naomi Novik
• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ( 1815)
• Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom (1815)

Native American contact with Europeans

• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann

New Guinea Campaign

• Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie (1945-08)
• Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff (1945-08)

Night of the Long Knives

• In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (1934-07-02)

Nineteen Year Winter

• The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club) by Ken Follett ( 1154)

Nuisances Removal and Contagious Diseases Prevention Act

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1848)

Nuremberg War Crimes Trials

• Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by Noah Feldman

Olympic Games

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (1936)
• The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb (1952)

Operation Cyclone

• Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile (1989)

Operation Enduring Freedom

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Operation Husky

• Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan (1943-08-17)

Operation Market Garden

• Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan (1944-09-25)

Operation Mincemeat

• Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

Operation Overlord

• Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan (1944-08-30)

Operation Torch

• Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan (1942-11-16)

Panic of 1792

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Panic of 1837

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Vintage) by T.J. Stiles

Panic of 1873

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Vintage) by T.J. Stiles

Panic of 1893

• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (1897)

Papal Election

• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Peninsula Campaign

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1862)