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Freida McFadden would like to set the record straight. The bestselling author sat down with Jenna Bush Hager for an “Open Book with Jenna” podcast episode, which aired on Dec. 11, to discuss her ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today Science From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of ...

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The New Deal, George Selgin suggests, did not work the way most historians claim. This economist’s eye-opening analysis shows that the increased government centralization of the 1930s rarely resulted ...

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History has not graced us with many details about Shakespeare as a person, but we do know that he and his wife had three children, including a son named Hamnet who died at the age of 11 in 1596, four ...

Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

EXCLUSIVE — Dr. Marc Siegel was motivated by his centenarian parents to pen his book about medical miracles, The Miracles Among Us: How God’s Grace Plays a Role in Healing. “I noticed that they ...