1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner
![Black Sea](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580870765-641-image-3.jpg)
Black Sea
Neal Ascherson
An acclaimed, award-winning book on a fascinating subject, recently . and updated by the author. Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, h…
1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist
![Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580873949-904-image-3.jpg)
Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris
Richard Kluger
![Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581023183-5750-image-3.jpg)
Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California
Kevin Starr
![Europe: A History](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581022542-5697-image-3.jpg)
Europe: A History
Norman Davies
![War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580942552-60350-image-3.jpg)
War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage
Lawrence H. Keeley
![William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580844724-58724-image-3.jpg)