even demanding only a superficial knowledge of history. Schools and universities could not have better books on which to start the embryo historian; for by covering all the ground, they combine ...

Jim Vrabel shares perspectives so often erased from history books. Here, through case histories and interviews, you will find the voices of women, people of color, and low-income folks discussing ...

But when MacGregor learned that students rarely checked out or were assigned the tiny assortment of women’s history books available in local elementary schools, she took action by joining the ...

Suddenly there was a wave of noise. Thousands of fans cheered as the theme to the duo’s podcast, The Rest is History, started playing. Sandbrook shook his head, thinking: “What on Earth?… ...

As this selection of the best alternate-history novels demonstrates, the world of imagined pasts is rich and potentially endless. The Alteration. By Kingsley Amis. New York Review Books ...

The best history books help us understand who we are and where we are. The past never fully stays in the past; understanding old events gives us perspective on current ones. And right now ...