Each month, librarians at Heights Libraries create unique book displays for our patrons to browse. I made a display this summer featuring some intriguing books from our history collection that I think are a bit more interesting than the standard history books we’re used to. And since we’re heading into colder months (i.e. reading on the couch with a cup of coffee weather), you might want to try one of these titles, which you can find at the Lee Road Branch.
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
by Kurt Andersen
The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era
by Douglas R. Egerton
Civilization: The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
The Future Is History : How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power
The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown
by Tim Hashaw
Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin
Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
by Fintan O’Toole
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
by Douglas Preston
Fly Away: The Great African American Cultural Migrations
by Peter M. Rutkoff
Ancient Worlds: A Global History of Antiquity
by Michael Scott
by Keith Thomson
