Category: History

Who Ate the First Oyster?

Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? Who invented soap? This madcap

Since its rise to the highest ranks of power in Renaissance Europe, the Borgia family has developed a scandalous reputation.

This book is a meticulous reconstruction of a tragic episode in the history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

In this dramatic and fascinating account, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his first 100 days in office

Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms. There’s been a lot of discussion in the medical world lately about the potential benefits

The image of Hawaii as a beautiful vacation destination obscures a long and complex history for the islands and their

On April 30, 1975, the Communist capture of the city of Saigon brought an end to more than 20 years

A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the

Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United