For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas invaded Israel on October 7 and have continued to reverberate through the Israeli counterattack a...
Through preordained fate or pure chance, 2023 will go down as one of the best years ever when it comes to the quality and quantity of games released throughout the year. Most of these games were likely originally targeting 2022 or even earlier, but the global pandemic threw everyone's plans...
There is always a special kind of energy and excitement on campus at the start of the school year. You can feel it walking across campus and see it on the faces of the new and returning students, faculty and staff. That's especially true as we start the school year that will lead us...
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Every year the Wolfson History Prize celebrates books that combine meticulous and original research with great writing, accessible to the general reader. Here, one of the 2022 judges, the eminent Islamic scholar Carole Hillenbrand, guides us through the shortlist to explain why each book is ...
Books made of bamboo or wood were heavy, and inconvenient for reading and carrying. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun used materials such as tree bark, hemp and rags to make paper, known as "Cai Lun Paper". Light and cheap, it soon became widespread and replaced bamboo and wood ...
Posted in American history, authors, book blog, book review, books, historical fiction, history, reading | Tagged 1930s, Dorothea Benton Frank, Dust Bowl, Dust Bowl Women, John Reed, Kristin Hannah, migrants, Reds, The Four Winds, The Grapes of Wrath Review of the Year That Shall Not ...
Sinclair, 40, is expected to become, at this FIFA Women’s World Cup, the first player to score at six such tournaments. However a first opportunity to enter the history books bypassed her as Canada were held goalless by Nigeria in their Group B opener in Melbourne. CHIAMAKA NNADOZIE'S...
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I’ve been really busy this year, working on three books, all at the same time, each one at a different stage of production. I’m just completing the final proofs: text and images, and compiling the index for a popular history book – a fun guide to living in the Dark Ages – my...