Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...
Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...
For the first time in Book Club history, Oprah picked the same book twice. Originally selected for the club in 2008, A New Earth is a spiritual manifesto on being present, relinquishing ego, and ...
“We Need New Names” is NoViolet Bulawayo’s 2013 debut novel about a young impoverished African girl who eventually moves to ...
Revolving around two career criminals and a Thameside mansion, The Burial Plot is a gripping historical thriller about murder ...
When the 18th century church planter, evangelist and foreign missionary George Liele was imprisoned in Jamaica, he spread the Gospel in prison, reminiscent of the apostle Paul. Liele is among historic ...
A new biography of Charles W. Chesnutt, by Tess Chakkalakal, explains the friendships and tensions he had with his white ...
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It is also about his role in building indigenous institutions, which he saw as a way of restoring agency to Africans that colonialism had suppressed. He would prominently play this role as the editor ...
Chihaya’s version of bibliophobia grew out of the fear of one book in particular—the monograph that her career demanded and ...
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...
Allen Eskens has built a strong collection of characters in his first nine novels, beginning with “The Life We Bury” in 2014.