• Biographies of women who made a difference
• Russian history—with an imperial twist
• Read if you love Howard Zinn's A People's History Of the United States
• The triumphs and tragedies of Russia's Romanovs
• Women who beat the patriarchy at its own game
• Books that celebrate women’s right to booze
• German history that aren't about the Nazis
• The feeling of having your identity taken from you
• Why people write books
• To will make you rethink the way we drink and why
• Pirates and children
• Books that changed my perspective on Eastern Europe and Russia
• To unlock treasures of Sweden’s Gustavian Age
• Russia’s history and culture
• Amazing history for readers young and old
• Fascinating women of 16th and 18th century Europe
• Women driving change around the world
• Grit transforms people’s lives