World History

The Inuit Aboard the Karluk

by Buddy Levy

While I was researching Empire of Ice and Stone, I was deeply moved…
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Life and Death in Berlin: Discovering the City Through the Zeitzeugenbörse

by Sinclair McKay

These were children who had known only a world of violence. Yet amid…
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The Man Who Led Peary to the Pole

by Buddy Levy

Robert Peary gets all the accolades (and plenty of warranted skepticism) for being…
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9 Picks for the History-Loving Dad

by The History Reader

As Father’s Day once again approaches, we’ve rounded up nine books sure…
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The Terror: The Fall of the Throne and Altar

by Susan Cahill

Throne and Altar, Altar and Throne. The two go together in pre-Revolution France…
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How to Find a Lost City

by Edmund Richardson

So you want to find a lost city? Congratulations: you’ve joined an exclusive…
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The Winter War

by Tom Clavin

Oops, Russia did it again. While that country’s historians might not be able…
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The City Beneath the Mountains

by Edmund Richardson

Beneath the plains of Afghanistan lie the remains of a fabulous city: Alexandria…
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The Gunfighter and the Explorer

by Tom Clavin

151 years ago, a journey to Africa began that would garner international fame.…
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Edith Cavell: A Martyr to Her Principles of Compassion

by Siân Evans

As a new war erupts in Europe, Siân Evans recounts the tale of…
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World History

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…
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War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…
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The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…
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Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…
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A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…
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The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…
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Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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