Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) and Nat Turner (1800-1831) are towering figures in American history. Two stellar books published ...

Literary biographies are up against explorations of extremism, slavery and wolves for Britain's leading nonfiction book prize.

Whether your child can recite from memory the names and philosophies of leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis, or they need an introduction to the pivotal Black figures who have helped shape ...

Look, I love memoirs just as much as the next person. But sometimes I want to sit down with a full-on biography. See, a memoir explores a certain set of experiences, or a particular portion of a ...

Last week, BBC History Magazine released readers' definitive ranking of the 100 most influential women in history, with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Curie topping the list at No. 1. Because the ...

Fisher, J., “Historical Sketch of the Lake Superior Copper District,” Proc. Lake Superior Mining Inst. XXVII, 54-67 (1929). Hotchkiss, W. O., Rooney, W. J., and ...

V.K. Krishna Menon, India’s defence minister before and during the 1962 Sino-Indian war, was not a popular figure with the service chiefs, who nicknamed him ‘God Almighty’ for his overbearing ways.

Calhoun’s memoir offers an unsparing portrait of her father, New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl, and the difficulties of their relationship. She also dives into the lives of a host of influential ...