Explore the Best Historical Books
The forest opens into a new path of Historical stories. From soft rain to shifting light, each book in this collection rises through the ReadVana discovery stream as readers explore, save, and share them. Follow the flow and uncover Historical books that match your mood and imagination.
Hannibal's Elephant Girl: Book One, Tin Tin Ban Sunia
By: charley brindley
In 215 BCE, as Rome tightens its grip on the Mediterranean and war with Carthage rages across land and sea, a young girl with an unbreakable spirit steps into history’s shadow.Hannibal’s Elephant ...
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Heroic Brothers of the Civil War
By: Bill Cushing
When the United States found itself embroiled in the Civil War, it brought out the best in many Americans while at times pitting brother against brother. For the Cushings of Wisconsin and then New Yor...
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Against the Machine: Luddites
By: Brian Van Norman
At war against Napoleon near bankrupt English mill-masters experiment with a new factory system acquiring machines to replace men. A young worker leads the Luddites attacking mills and smashing machin...
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Benson the Brave
By: MICHELLE HOLLAND
In the heart of war-torn London, where the skies burn with fire and hope grows thin, one unlikely hero rises from the rubble.Benson, a fearless and loyal Alsatian, patrols the bomb-shattered streets e...
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Centurion Legacy
By: Anthony James Lyons
On the brutal frontier of Hadrian's Wall, ambitious Roman centurion Marcus Flavius Valens arrives full of imperial glory—until a catastrophic earthquake traps him in the mines with fierce Celtic hea...
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Mayberry-Vietnam-Beyond
By: Jim Akers
Fond memories growing up in the legendary small town of Mayberry, ( Mt. Airy, NC ) Andy Griffith's home- town, and also the home- town of Country Singer, Donna Fargo, The Easter Brothers Gospel Trio, ...
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BULLETS AND BANDAGES, Bond of Brothers
By: Robert James Saniscalchi
Bullets and Bandages: Bond of Brothers is a story inspired by the words of a US Army Field Medic and his talk about his tour in Vietnam, US Army Bravo Company 1968-69. Through those stories, the autho...
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All for a Buck
By: Doris Beaulieu
ALL FOR A BUCKVIETNAM VETS STORYOur hopes and dreams went out the doorWhen our whole group was called to WarReturned so full of miseryThat the world didn't seem to seeTreated with hate and disre...
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World War II Day by Day, September 1 to September 6, 1939
By: David Lippman
This book is the second volume in my day-by-day history of World War II. It covers the six days of September 1, 1939, to September 6, 1939, in which the war broke out, and Poland was faced with the fu...
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The Mules of Monte Cassino
By: Jim DeFilippiTHE MULES OF MONTE CASSINO is the ground level truth about the most brutal and unknown battle of World War II. It tells a story of sacrifice, slaughter, and stupidity.
The Guest Star
By: Milan Zivic
Two Alexandrian students, one ancient empire, and a sky full of mystery. Join Hero and Lucia as they chase a strange star across mountains, deserts, and ancient cities. The Guest Star is a thrilling j...
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Munford-Gunn
By: Maggie
This is a dramatic, thrilling true story, taken from my own family records of two separate families, the Munfords and the Gunns, leaving England in the mid 19th century, to escape persecution for thei...
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