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Alba Marina Escobar: Where did Pablo Escobar’s Money Go?

by Juan Pablo Escobar Juan Pablo Escobar writes, after his father's death, his aunt Alba Marina…
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Jim Lovell: The Eagle Scout That Saved Apollo 13

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by Alvin Townley Jim Lovell: Troop 60, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jim Lovell later described the event as…
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Elie Wiesel: Night

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Preface to Night by Elie Wiesel If in my lifetime I was to write only one…
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Charles Finney: The Original Billy Graham

by Jack Kelly Charles Finney and the Erie Canal Billy Graham ‘s long career invites comparisons…
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Theodore Roosevelt: The Original War on Terror

by Michael Wolraich Theodore Roosevelt and Terrorism Some years ago, an unstable young man committed one…
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Eddie Sachs: Tragedy 1964 Indy 500

by Art Garner Eddie Sachs: A Curtain of Smoke and Flames “He really embraced it, made…
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Copernicus: The Formula for Genius

by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna Copernicus: The formula for flourishing genius A flourishing of genius…
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John Humphrey Noyes: Inventing ‘Free Love’

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Ellen Wayland-Smith A Minister Is Born: John Humphrey Noyes When John Humphrey Noyes’s mother, Polly Hayes Noyes,…
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Varian Fry: The Artist’s Oskar Schindler

by Kate Lord Brown Varian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of Dreams has…
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Paul Revere: Revolutionary Dissent

by Stephen Solomon Paul Revere: The Silver Smith When John Singleton Copley painted a portrait of…
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Featured Excerpt: Whack Job

by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job is a brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational…
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Featured Excerpt: The Last Secret Agent

by Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson

After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II…
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Fascinating Historical Finds: May 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out our favorite new history books publishing in May…
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Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer (Part II)

by Buddy Levy

In Part I published previously on The History Reader, author Buddy Levy introduces…
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Guns, Chainsaws and Swords: The Rivals of the Humble Axe

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by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job author Rachel McCarthy James takes a look at how guns, chainsaws,…
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Lincoln’s First Responder

by Tom Clavin

Earlier this week—April 14th—was the 160th anniversary of our Sixteenth President's assassination. Author…
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Featured Excerpt: The Rebel Romanov

by Helen Rappaport

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of a…
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Featured Excerpt: Project Mind Control

DCI Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine in 1953, the year that he established MKULTRA.

by John Lisle

In Project Mind Control, John Lisle reveals inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project,…
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