"We know from history that a way you control a nation is by controlling what its citizens read" — Jodi Picoult Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
The New-York Historical Society award goes to Beverly Gage, whose “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” puts a notorious character in context. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-03-23 19:08:10 UTC ]
Magema Fuze’s book was a radical act of publishing. It contained histories of chiefdoms and kingdoms - from the Zulu to the Ngcobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-04-07 14:10:22 UTC ]
The New-York Historical Society award goes to Alan Taylor, whose “American Republics” emphasizes the fragility of the American experiment from the beginning. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-02-25 16:00:08 UTC ]
Richard Cohen’s work, revised after criticism of its viewpoint, will not be published this week after a new row over its titleBilled as an “epic exploration of who writes about the past”, The History Makers was due out this Friday before being serialised on Radio 4 in the UK. But publication has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-06-19 18:20:01 UTC ]
We've rounded up a list of history book subscription boxes and services so that you can find the perfect box that will help you dive into the past. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-04-29 10:35:00 UTC ]
The New-York Historical Society award goes to a study of fractures in American society a year after Pearl Harbor, which resonates amid the pandemic today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-03-15 16:00:06 UTC ]
Experts from IDEO, Adobe, SVA, HOK, Designer Fund, and more share book recommendations for designers who want to expand their horizons in 2021 and beyond. Designers in 2021 face some of the biggest challenges of their careers as they help rebuild a society torn asunder by COVID-19, economic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-01-22 06:00:37 UTC ]
The award from the New-York Historical Society honors the first installment of his planned trilogy about the American Revolution, which emphasizes the conflict’s costs and uncertainties. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-03-17 12:00:06 UTC ]
A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2019-12-08 07:14:51 UTC ]
Memoirs by a globe-trotting chef and a New York restaurant critic, a chorus of female food writers — and a history book to put them all in context. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-11-12 10:00:14 UTC ]