Rentals: History Books

"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." - George Bernard Shaw

     

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The Accidental
by Ali Smith
Before writing The Accidental, Ali Smith wrote Hotel World, shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize, and several short story collections. Her work is absolutely original, with a trademark quirky style, with whole passages that seem to have been bound into the wrong book and occasional historical asides completely outside the narrative line. Don't be fooled; with Smith...(more)

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The Hiding Place

By Corrie ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorab...

The Hiding Place

By Corrie ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorab...

JFK and the Unspeakable: Wh...

By James W. Douglass

Prisoner of the State: The ...

By Zhao Ziyang
Premier Zhao Ziyang reveals the secret workings of China's government behind the Tiananmen massacre-...