"The World" tells the story of the human family through families the Caesars and Borgias, Kims and Tudors, Roosevelts, Hapsburgs, Saud and families that are similar in kind - Plato and Confucius, ...

A dramatic and powerful new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace—a perspective that will forever change how we view the making of U.S. and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Cold ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself. A statue of the Buddha in Kamakura, ...

In “All the Knowledge in the World,” Simon Garfield recounts the history of the encyclopedia — a tale of ambitious effort, numerous errors and lots of paper. By Jing Tsu When you purchase an ...

Two new history books make a strong case for why learning about the past is critical to understanding the world today. First, History Matters is a posthumous collection of writings by American ...

The Northshore School District is concluding a curriculum review and selection process of world history textbooks for students in grade nine. In the fall of 2010 world history will replace the current ...