In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

The new biography by Molly Beer explores Schuyler's life and relies heavily on letters written by, to and about her.

William F. Buckley Jr.’s influence has been overstated, writes Bruce Fein in a review of a new biography of the late conservative thinker.

There’s something about these lazy, hazy days of summer that makes us want to get lost in a book. A classic “beach read” ...

The first volume in a trilogy that promises to be the definitive biography of The Beatles. Meticulously researched, it provides an eye-opening portrait of postwar Britain; buttoned-up and grey and ...

In “Zbig,” Edward Luce tells the story of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a leading American strategist who had a notably eventful run ...

Independence Day has again brought to top of mind the first tier of our nation’s leaders, namely George Washington, Ben ...

The novelist and screenwriter works in a mode he calls “urban panorama”—a sociologically rich depiction of the tensions of ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

A historical epic chronicling the life of America's first president will hit theaters next Independence Day, Angel Studios ...

A landmark biography shows the storied conservative leader walking intellectual, journalistic, and financial tightropes.

The CIA's International Literacy Center played a vital role in providing access to “the expression of independent ideas so desperately sought by millions.” ...