In “The Stained Glass Window,” David Levering Lewis delves into his ancestry to create a fuller picture of his family and its place in American history. David Sheff’s new biography ...

The China Yearbook, available in both Chinese and English, emerged as one of the highlights at the London Book Fair held from March 11 to 13. As a definitive chronicle of China's development ...

Wenc, one of the original members of The Onion’s staff, looks at the history of the hilarious humor ... Recent TV adaptations of Coben’s books, such as “Fool Me Once” and “Missing ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A first-time author has made history by taking out the $100,000 Victorian prize for literature with a picture book – the first ...

When the U.S. military refused to let women pilots enlist and the editor of an aviation magazine scoffed at “the woman who thinks she ought to be flying a high-speed bomber when she really has not the ...

A History of Texas and the Texans," this new book is rightly respectful of the former book and justly critical of the latter. (Don't skip Johnson's excellent bibliographical essay.) What all three ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Shadow Devereaux, also known as Foreshadow, is ...

In a statement, the Historical’s board chair, Agnes Hsu-Tang, said Wilson’s book had also “redefined the concept of a biography,” telling “a more encompassing history about America than ...

Whether you are new to philosophy or already interested in deep ideas, these ten books offer valuable wisdom and are worth ... societal norms and the human desire for meaning. 10. A History of Western ...

Here are our picks for the nonfiction books you need to read this Women’s History Month. Why It Made Our List: A nonfiction breath of fresh air for the tired feminist, this book reframes the ...

Wall-to-wall books tell an interior design story without saying a word Completed in 2011, the Stuttgart City Library is one of the country’s most photographed locations. Smithsonian Photo ...

It’s also familiar, as readers of “On Air,” Steve Oney’s engrossing and entertaining new history of NPR, will discover. The book opens in 1983, when profligate spending by a visionary but ...