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With World War II on the horizon, animal keepers in cities around the world had to face one question: What would happen to their charges?
Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer, Leonard Bernstein. In his new book, “Eminent Jews,” David Denby profiles the rich, ...
A battered diary from World War I was just found in a barn in England. It recounts the horrific Battle of the Somme, the ...
A brilliant account of double-dealing between the Allies in WWII shows the mistake Roosevelt made - with the result that the ...
The Making of the President 1960 laid the foundation for election books; it became a bestseller, won Theodore White a ...
To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...
The BBC's Katty Kay speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Rick Atkinson as America marks 250 years since ...
Stations” boast recreated virtual scenes from WWI replete with interactive soundscape tech found in just one other U.S.
One of these is a comedian who goes by the name of Dave Smith. Claiming some Jewish ancestry, he has spent the 18 months ...
VE Day will be honoured and remembered with dedicated programming across TV, iPlayer, Radio and Sounds marking the 80th ...
Golf Digest senior writer Joel Beall’s debut book, "Playing Dirty: Rediscovering Golf's Soul in Scotland in an Age of ...
Hiking to the site of the 1943 military plane crash on what is now known as Bomber Mountain in 2014, Sylvia Bruner was ...