Rwanda marks 32 years since the end of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The Liberation Day is commemorated every July 4, the date when the Rwanda Patriotic Front halted 100 days of killings and ...

I felt compelled to write after reading Michael Fairbank’s thoughtful review of The Political Economy of Rwanda's Rise. First, thank you. It is one of the few reviews I have read that tries to ...

The Central African nation remembers the end of a murderous campaign against ethnic Tutsis that killed hundreds of thousands of people. By Zane Irwin As the United States celebrates 250 years of ...

His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer ...

Patriotism means we have a responsibility to understand the country’s past, and these books explore our messy history.

Mark America’s 250th anniversary with historical novels spanning Puritan New England, the Gold Rush, World War II, the ...

An Ohio statewide remix of Toni Morrison's oeuvre connects the ghosts of 'Beloved' to the neighborhoods of 'Sula' to reveal ...

What the wild success of Regime Change, after a long slump in newsy nonfiction, might say about the state of the presidency.

Life’s struggles are not black-and-white; they are in shades of gray with no clear path to what is right or wrong.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga is a seminal work of fantasy that spawned one of the best film trilogies ever created. Tolkien's story of good vs. evil is built around timeless themes of ...

With so many books in the world, reading can be an endlessly expensive hobby. But thanks to the internet and the magic of libraries, there are a ton of ways to read your favorite books for free, from ...

Some places make you feel like you’ve stumbled into someone else’s dream, and Driftless Books and Music in Viroqua, Wisconsin ...