Italian archaeologist Laura Giuliano’s curation brings together the entangled histories of India, Pakistan, China, ...

After Friss, the Nonfiction Series will continue with three other veterans of The New York Times best-seller list: acclaimed ...

Ellen DeGeneres spent decades cultivating a friendly, inclusive image before a wave of criticism upended it. These moments transformed her public standing.

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

The text is a mysterious medieval marvel. A new book claims to know its true origin. A page from the Book of Kells, ninth century illuminated manuscript. This page shows the Virgin and child, an ...

For centuries, Afghanistan served as a buffer zone between competing empires - from the British and Russian Empires to the modern superpowers. Its geography and fiercely independent tribes made ...

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North. This contradiction would shape American ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Peter Bronson, author of popular regional best-sellers about Cincinnati’s history, has a new book out just in time for the holiday season. Magical History Tour is a collection of 5 ...

Bernard DeVoto once tried to buck up his friend Catherine Drinker Bowen, who was wavering between a career in history and one in music. “Sure you’re romantic about American history,” wrote DeVoto, a ...

On the evening of Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her newly published book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” A Harvard professor of History and Law ...

When Basic Books Group president and publisher Lara Heimert told her mom that she was going to work at the Hachette division's flagship imprint, back in 2005, she was elated. "My mother said, Oh, they ...

”The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” By John U. Bacon. Publisher: Liveright, 464 pages. $26. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald turned heads when she was launched in Detroit in ...