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Discover the crucial role the Canadian military played in one of the most decisive battles of World War II as director Tim Wolochatiuk details the battle at Juno beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy. The date: June, 6th, 1944. The mission: Operation Overlord. Never before...

"An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. Th...

RECOVERED: Alex McPerson is the host of a podcast who returns to her hometwon in Pennsylvania seeking answers to the disappearance of her school friend, Gina DeSavio, who went missing twenty years ago.

Westminster Abbey, the church at which all English monarchs have been crowned since 1066, is one of the great musical centers of the Western world. Countless organists, singers, and composers have been closely associated with the abbey, which still plays a preponderant role in th...

"What can we learn from the iconic political thinker Hannah Arendt? Well, the short answer may be: to love the world so much that we think change is possible. The life of Hannah Arendt spans a crucial chapter in the history of the Western world, a period that witnessed the rise o...

Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats -- the essential tool kit for psychological warfare -- have evolved from military weapons used against foreign adversaries into tools used in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-roo...

Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. What began as a childhood friendship grows into a meaningful relationship as the two plan out their lives together. When life takes a turn neither ...

"'My parents were slaves in New York State. My master's sons-in-law ... came into the garden where my sister and I were playing among the currant bushes, tied their handkerchiefs over our mouths, carried us to a vessel, put us in the hold, and sailed up the river. I know not how ...

Drew is caught in a world of light-just inches away from the dark. What if...there was a world beyond our vision, a world just fingertips beyond our reach? What if...our world wasn't beyond their influence? Tragedy and heartache seem to be waiting for Drew Carter at every turn, b...

"An autobiography usually requires a justification. The great autobiographies--those by Benvenuto Cellini, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Brooks Adams--were justified by their authors living in interesting times, harboring radically new ideas, or participatin...