Items tagged with 'History'

Can't stop, won't stop talking about Frankenstein. But why?

As visible, public cultural institutions, libraries have long played a role in the protection of civilians and shared heritage, as well as information dissemination during wartime.

Nonfiction reading recommendations for witches, witchy writers, or writers writing about witches.

A tiny village in northern Hungary has pronounced itself home to the world’s largest handmade book, which weighs over 3,000 pounds and takes six people and a special machine to turn a single page.

Think about all the stories that fall under radar, which sculpted your town into the place it is today.

A man who knew how to live and let his stories breathe like reality.

May is Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Celebrate with these titles, handpicked for you!

This is the first Independence Day under a new presidential administration, and it's unlikely to be one we'll forget.

Steve Erickson returns with a musical elegy for the 20th Century.

Themes related to colonialism are explored by science fiction and fantasy authors as well as historians, because those genres offer fertile ground for experimentation with the laws of human behavior.

Anne Frank is known for her writing skills, but at 15 she was one of the sharpest editors of her generation.

From Iraq to Los Angeles, countless libraries have been lost to war, fire, and “progress.”