This year, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity commemorates the 1,700th anniversary of the definition of the ...
It is only by listening to these individual voices that we can really begin to understand what the many millions of Holocaust ...
As the final generation of Holocaust survivors passes on, the books will remain as "material survivors, as witnesses." ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made Ukraine’s book publishing industry a target of the war. But the industry and ...
Percival Everett’s “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham’s acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are among the nominees for National ...
Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...
If Henri Bergson were alive, or even remembered, they would get more. In his heyday—in the 15 years or so before the first ...
Who is Cupid and why does he get to decide who falls in love? Explore the Roman rituals of Valentine’s Day and the mythology ...
In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men ...
Despite arriving in Europe over a millenium ago, the fork, a modern culinary mainstay, did not catch on for centuries. What ...
The Castillo de San Marcos is like the Chuck Norris of fortifications – it’s been standing strong since the 17th century, ...