3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (55+ words) American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths. "Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Jan. 1622 My 30 Percent Birthday and…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (68+ words) Georgios Varouxakis's "The West: The History of an Idea' debates the origins, heritage, evolution, and future of Western civilization. A Brilliant, Illuminating Discussion on the Concept of "the West' How Greed and Infighting Led the FBI to Solve the "Perfect…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (74+ words) Can the Dark Ages Return? Western civilization arose in the 8th century B.C. Greece. Some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial culture of Mycenaean Greece. Cry the Beloved Europe? Are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (52+ words) At the Canyon's Edge: The Kolb Brothers and the Invention of "Seeing' the Grand Canyon Pawnee Bill Transformed the Wild West Into Popular Entertainment Hannah Adams: The Lady Knew Greek and Latin and Wrote History Dr. Philip Mazzei: Thomas Jefferson's…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (135+ words) Abraham Lincoln: A History'Vol. I: Up Close and Personal Observations In an exhibition area at Washingtons Fords Theatre Center for Education and Leadership, is a 34-foot-high stack of books representing the countless volumes written about the president. Historians, professors, and novelists…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (121+ words) Theodore Roosevelt Revealed "In the Arena" Theodore Roosevelt was the most consequential U.S. president of the 20th century. For good or ill, Roosevelt transformed the American presidency from its late-19th-century role as the servant of Congress into the dynamic leadership position…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (165+ words) Before Lenin: How the Paris Commune Foreshadowed the Communist Century In reality, the French found themselves woefully unprepared to face the onslaught of a better-trained, rigidly organized, and numerically superior Prussian military. The war lasted less than a year, culminating…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (67+ words) Pliny the Elder: He Bravely Faced Vesuvius Pliny the Elder is also known for writing the world's first encyclopedia. This was completed two years before he died, attempting to save his friends during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Saving…...

2+ week, 9+ min ago   (130+ words) Sitting Bull's War': A Chief's Rise and Fall Paul L. Hedren is immensely qualified to bring forth this book on the Great Sioux War that raged from 1876 to 1877. The author is a retired National Park Service historian and superintendent who authored…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (133+ words) Hannah Adams: The Lady Knew Greek and Latin and Wrote History Hannah Adams was born on Oct. 2, 1755, in Medfield, Massachusetts, a small New England town shaped by Congregational tradition, village schooling, and domestic learning. Her family's circumstances were modest but…...