One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

The U.S. bombing campaign that targeted Japan’s cities in 1945 produced staggering civilian casualties. Military planners concluded that such destruction was necessary to end the war.

As anybody not living on a desert island without internet access cannot fail to have noticed, Trump has begun his second term ...

Rich Benjamin’s new book reveals a shared spirit between the world’s first Black republic and the United States. Haley Mlotek’s new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache ...

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“I promise you it’s the kind of book you won't want to put down,” Oprah says. For the first time in Book Club history, Oprah picked the same book twice. Originally selected for the club in 2008, A New ...

(9/11 Tribute Center) When a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck beneath the Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2011, it sent a tsunami careening across Japan ... of leukemia stemming from her exposure to the ...

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...

He's been friends with Noam Chomsky for many years and in this book the two embark on a whirlwind tour through the post-war history of Western imperialism as well as reflecting on the former communist ...

She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical analyst. A cash book is a financial record that tracks all cash receipts and disbursements of a business. A cash book is a ...

Krzysztof Wodiczko discusses his 1999 project, Hiroshima Projection, which involved projecting the hands of atomic bomb survivors onto the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, one of the few structures still ...

Chodas says the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia in 2013 was about 20 metres wide and produced an explosion of about 400 kilotons, equal to about 25 Hiroshima bombs. A welcome ...