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Humans have been attempting to understand for thousands of years what knowledge truly is and how we aquire it, but the more we learn about the human body, our brains, and the world around us, the m

May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany.

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and

The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill.

From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,

Ukraine's sudden prominence in American politics has compounded an already-widespread misunderstanding of what is actually happening in the nation.

Covers the 1995 Tokyo Gas Attack, during which agents of a Japanese cult released a gas deadlier than cyanide into the subway system, as documented in interviews with its survivors, perpetrators, a

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Unnatural Causes written and read by Dr Richard Shepherd. The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak ...

Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago.

In May 1830, the United States formally launched a policy to expel Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River.

Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons.

Rommel's army is a day from Cairo, a week from Tel Aviv. The SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far. Espionage can stop them - if Washington wakes up to the danger.

In We Don't Know Ourselves, Fintan O'Toole weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reaction

A landmark work of untold American history that reshapes our understanding of identity, race, and belonging Why did this happen? How was the U.S. government involved?

For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the w