Never in doubt of his own abilities, Edgar Allan Poe pursued extremes in literature and in life.

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In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

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The Virginia delegate may have spoken those words on March 23, 1775, but some historians doubt it. And at least two other men ...

Many Indian writers have benefitted from the famed Iowa Writing Program, but recent funding cuts threaten to close this ...

Try again, fail again, fail better, but in leathers on a motorcycle. Maybe throw in some snakes and lions, too.

Former BBC Newsnight diplomatic editor Mark Urban covered wars in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He has written books with titles like ‘Generals: ...