Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Everyone should study history, and here are 20 books I think everyone should read. They are expressly not the “best” history books ever written: no one can possibly have read the tens of thousands in ...

History is more than a collection of facts; it also involves reading against the grain, critique, periodization, and debates. Historians dedicate immense effort to uncovering the interconnected ...

The Fond du Lac Public Library published a local history book, "Life by the Lake: Stories of Fond du Lac," written by Daphne Lemke with research from Tracy Reinhardt. FOND DU LAC – Fond du Lac's new ...

It all happens so fast. Seems like 20 minutes after something occurs, another event takes its place; even this morning’s news already has dust on it. It feels like a race you didn’t enter, in a world ...

The Blue Earth County Historical Society’s quarterly book club featuring “The Seed Keeper” by Diane Wilson starts 1 p.m. Saturday at the BECHS History Center, 424 Warren St. Copies of the book will be ...