On 12 January 1976, author Agatha Christie died peacefully, aged 85. She created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. By the time of her death, Christie had written more than 80 books. Most ...

In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the intersection of Janet Flanner’s career and a lurid murder case.

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Peaceful mechanisms for defending democracy exist, but they are limited and not so difficult to overcome; it is worth taking ...

A secret diary suspected of being written by the German genocidal maniac has been found in an attic. The 113 hand written ...

FOR my birthday in 2005, my wife got me a book titled, “Tyrants: History 100 most evil despots and dictators.” I still have it because of the inscription my ...

Philosophy Productions announces the cast of the world premiere of Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler, a ...

"Visual language can communicate up to 30,000 times faster than the written word." the cover's designer told Newsweek.

In “American Reich,” the former New York Times journalist Eric Lichtblau dissects the culture of hate that led to the death of a gay man in Southern California.

Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that ...

Philly residents checked out all kinds of books from the Free Library this past year — but one twisty, time-jumping mystery drew the most readers. "James" by Percival Everett, the Pultizer-winning ...

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its leadership was absorbed ...