Browsing: History

The creator of Yale’s “Genius Course” looks to the lives and minds of Albert Einstein, Toni Morrison, and others to identify the key habits that foment genius! “An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant).

A bloodied body buried in a snowbank on a remote island off Cape Cod. A cold case in Kansas.What’s the…

Spartacus and the Slave WarsRead On Your Computer, MAC, Smartphone, Kindle Reader, iPad, or Tablet.Spartacus has passed into legend as…

A mass of European and American tourists descend on an idyllic tropical island for the holiday of a lifetime. Within…

In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade,…

In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year’s westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb…

In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America’s boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and…

Small Town Charm With Deadly Consequences “In her new true crime book, and the second in her original series, acclaimed…

During World War II, the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division brought together civilian skiers and outdoorsmen to battle German defenses in the Italian Alps. This “well-sourced” history (Publishers Weekly) is “a fitting tribute to the high-altitude soldiers who fought with more courage than oxygen” (New York Times bestselling author Mark Obmascik).

This intriguing read documents aircraft that have seemingly vanished off the map since the advent of flight — and the passengers who disappeared with them.