These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. Baltic: The Future of Europe by Oliver Moody "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia took Finland from Sweden (1809) ...

Democrats bashing President Trump for striking Iran without congressional consent are bumping into an inconvenient history: Democratic presidents have done the same thing for decades. From Bill ...

Fragility: A History of Plaster by Alain Corbin (Polity, £12.99) If we now live in the Digital Age, should we think of the first half of the 19th century as the Plaster Age?

History books often tidy the past into clean timelines, big events, and names worth remembering. But fiction dares to do what textbooks don’t; it sits with the unspoken, the personal, and the ...

In Yemen, that world was shattered in 2014, when a brutal civil war made normal life next to impossible. The conflict began after Yemen’s president of 33 years was forced out of office after an ...

A history of Schuylkill County published in 1845 provides insight into the early settlement of the county. “The History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties” by I ...

Dr. Beverley Richardson-Blake, Southside Library Boosters President said, “When you look back in history, folks had no access to a book or learning. It was a freedom they didn’t have.

English translations of New Outline of General History of Chinaand A Concise History of Chinese Civilizationare launched at the 31st Beijing International Book Fair on Wednesday.[Photo provided to ...

The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts by Anne Lawrence-Mathers (Yale) The medieval world was fascinated by magic.

The essays in her book invite readers to enter a world shaped by the forces of freedom and slavery. Reed’s exploration of the history and legacy of Juneteenth is a poignant reminder of the hard ...

US air strikes on Yemen have led to an "unprecedented" death toll in the country, according to a new report by a monitoring group. Airwars analysed hundreds of open source civilian harm claims and ...