It is an amazing community.” Here are five books we recommend checking out and the real-life history behind them. What’s it’s about: This novel follows Jessie Redmon Fauset, a high school ...

In a statement, the Historical’s board chair, Agnes Hsu-Tang, said Wilson’s book had also “redefined the concept of a biography,” telling “a more encompassing history about America than ...

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This is Naipaulesque writing. With its wide scope and rigorous attention to detail, The Village of One might well be the most discerning history book about modern T&T, and undoubtedly the best ...

Books make people better." Here are banned books by Black authors across genres to celebrate Black History Month all year-round. Walker, now 81, spoke about attempts to censor "The Color Purple ...

It’s also familiar, as readers of “On Air,” Steve Oney’s engrossing and entertaining new history of NPR, will discover. The book opens in ... Jones’s People’s Temple in 1978.

It’s easy to forget the City of London’s deep history when walking among modern glass towers but hidden beneath the streets lies an ancient secret. The London Mithraeum, a Roman temple ...

Spring is just around the corner. As the days get longer, you’ll want to spend those extra hours of sunlight with a good book. This month’s must-reads include astronaut and activist Amanda ...

With “Theft,” he continues to turn over the history of his home country, Tanzania, with the awe of a geologist examining a rare, flawed and inimitable specimen. Karim, returned home after ...

David Sheff’s new biography, “Yoko,” digs deeply into the artist’s life and offers a welcome reassessment of her place in cultural history. A riotous oral history by Richard Bienstock and ...

The birthplace of the Buddha beckons worshipers from around the world, as well as researchers hoping to dig up new evidence about the revered spiritual leader A journey into the vast subterranean ...