By Sarah Lyall 21 Nonfiction Books to Read This Spring A posthumous collection of Joan Didion’s diaries, biographies of Yoko Ono and Mark Twain, a history of The Onion — and plenty more.

If you want to develop a deeper perspective on the present, these five history books are essential reading. 1. Sapiens: A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Harari’s Sapiens is a ...

Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works ... Billed as the perfect book for Jordan Peele fans, “Listen To Your ...

The best history books help us understand who we are and where we are. The past never fully stays in the past; understanding old events gives us perspective on current ones. And right now ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...

Detailing ancient policy failures, racy scandals, imperial eccentricity and various levels of gossip, the book reached the Sunday Times hardback nonfiction chart this week, and made history as ...

The author draws a parallel between a guest opinion writer's viewpoint and the Department of Defense Education Activity's removal of Black history materials ... altogether. Book bans may prevent ...

I thought I knew a lot about Black history, and I came across all these women-owned businesses in "The Green Book." And there were things called tourist tomes, which were kind of like — not ...

His book has arrived just as many of the things ... The argument is filled out with a potted history of America’s tech industry, quotes from luminaries, a fair amount of score-settling and ...

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — The historic Castle Inn in Delaware Water Gap is a place filled with local history. The inn was built in 1906. "So the Castle Inn was the last of the great resorts built in ...

To gain perspective, expand upon your knowledge and understand history and first-person accounts some more, we rounded up the 16 most popular books about Black History, according to Goodreads members.

SESTRIERE, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin is 100% the best in skiing’s World Cup history book. Shiffrin’s record-extending 100th career World Cup race win Sunday fulfilled a quest put on hold by a ...