Historical Books

The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

by Corrie Ten Boom

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty years of her life nothing at all out...

tags: historical, memoir, war, classics, biography, world war ii, holocaust, nonfiction, autobiography, history, christian

The Idiot

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two...

tags: historical, novels, cultural, classics, literature, classic literature, 19th century, philosophy, russia, russian literature, historical fiction, fiction

The Gambler

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian...

tags: historical, romance, novels, cultural, roman, classics, literature, 19th century, russia, russian literature, historical fiction, fiction

The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp — a horrifying...

tags: historical, novels, cultural, classics, literature, classic literature, 19th century, philosophy, russia, russian literature, historical fiction, fiction

Pure

by Andrew Miller

Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes...

tags: historical, 18th century, european history, historical fiction, literary fiction, novels, french revolution, fiction, contemporary, literature, gothic, france, cultural

Safely Home

by Randy Alcorn

2002 Gold Medallion Award winner! Fans of Randy Alcorn will applaud this soul-stirring story of two college friends who reconnect after twenty years. One is...

tags: historical, christian, faith, historical fiction, christianity, novels, religion, china, fiction, contemporary, christian fiction, cultural

The Water Babies

The Water Babies

by Charles Kingsley

Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task,...

tags: fantasy, fiction, historical, fairy tales, classics, british literature, literature, 19th century, young adult, victorian, european literature, childrens

The Complete Father Brown

The Complete Father Brown

by G.K. Chesterton

Forty-nine quietly sensational cases investigated by the high-priest of detective fictionFATHER BROWNForty-nine quietly sensational cases investigated by the...

tags: thriller, historical, mystery thriller, historical fiction, european literature, classics, crime, short stories, fiction, literature, detective, british literature, mystery

I Have a Dream

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

A detailed biography written soon after its subject's tragic death. The appendixes include texts of some of King's most famous speeches.

tags: historical, politics, biography, african american, race, nonfiction, cultural, childrens, history, picture books

Stepping Heavenward

Stepping Heavenward

by Elizabeth Prentiss

"Stepping Heavenward" is the fictional coming of age story of a young Christian girl named Katherine. The story follows her life from when she is sixteen,...

tags: theology, historical, faith, historical fiction, christianity, classics, young adult, religion, fiction, christian living, christian fiction, christian

The Penny

Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the...

tags: historical, faith, historical fiction, christianity, sociology, religion, inspirational, fiction, abuse, christian fiction, christian

The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

From New York Times best-selling author Max Lucado comes a timeless message that will warm your heart.Imagine a Victorian England village in the Cotswolds...

tags: historical, faith, historical fiction, christmas, inspirational, religion, fiction, holiday, adult fiction, christian fiction, christian

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

by Andrew Miller

By the Costa Award-winning author of PURE, a stunning historical novel with the grip of a thriller, written in richly evocative, luminous prose.One rain-swept...

tags: historical, 19th century, historical fiction, literary fiction, european literature, novels, fiction, literature, 21st century, british literature, war

Revelations of Divine Love

Revelations of Divine Love

by Julian of Norwich

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The...

tags: theology, historical, spirituality, occult, christianity, classics, religion, medieval, nonfiction, mysticism, history, christian

Revelations of Divine Love

Revelations of Divine Love

by Mother Julian of Norwich

And all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well...And all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well...In 1373, when she was thirty...

tags: occult, religion, spirituality, history, christianity, theology, mysticism, christian, medieval, classics, nonfiction, historical

The Reagan Diaries

The Reagan Diaries

by Ronald Reagan

During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and...

tags: american history, historical, politics, memoir, presidents, north american hi..., biography, us presidents, nonfiction, autobiography, history

The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

C.S. Lewis' The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, as historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages...

tags: historical, writing, philosophy, essays, classics, religion, medieval, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

Godric

by Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner's GodricGodric "retells the life of Godric of Finchale, a twelfth-century English holy man whose projects late in life included that of...

tags: historical, spirituality, historical fiction, christianity, classics, novels, religion, fiction, literature, christian fiction, christian

The DaVinci Code: A Quest for Answers

The DaVinci Code: A Quest for Answers

by Josh McDowell

Just where does fact end and fiction begin? The brilliant mix of fact and fiction in Dan Brown's Conspiracy story "The Da Vinci Code" raises serious questions...

tags: thriller, historical, spirituality, adult, christian, christianity, classics, christian non fiction, religion, fiction, mystery

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman

by Gladys Aylward

A solitary woman. A foreign country. An unknown language. An impossible dream? No, God's call on the life of Gladys Aylward. With no mission board to support...

tags: historical, cultural, memoir, christianity, christian non fiction, religion, biography, china, nonfiction, autobiography, history, christian

品牌集团