These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...

Rebels, Robbers and Radicals” brings the document alive through court cases of real people involved in real struggles.

A Summer Reading List for America’s 250th Anniversary. On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

In this moment of constitutional crisis, these books provide a clear picture of the highest court in the land.

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

Almost a decade after Standing Rock sparked his calling, journalist Jarrette Werk has built a career challenging how ...

Richard Van Camp, Cole Nowicki and Alice Irene Whittaker are among the shortlisted authors for the 2025 Alberta Book ...

The winners will be announced in September at a gala that will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BPAA.

The year 2025 marks 150 years since the North West Mounted Police established Fort Calgary in 1875. And while Calgary wasn’t ...

Fragility: A History of Plaster by Alain Corbin (Polity, £12.99) If we now live in the Digital Age, should we think of the first half of the 19th century as the Plaster Age?