The tragedy forced James Cowan to retire and he soon sold the school. His successor, James Iliff, was a capable schoolmaster ...

The Latin tag abi tu, et fac similiter—go, thou, and do likewise—was widely encountered in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is ...

As he jockeyed aggressively through the torrential chaos of downtown Manhattan traffic, the man hunched over the wheel of the fire-engine red 1956 Continental appeared to be unburdening ...

As I visited Nice in the summer, I realized firsthand why people call it the city for lovers, escapists, and thinkers, and ...

Booksellers gathered in Pasadena for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, September 17–18. Of ...

Artilleryman, strategist, statesman, legislator… One of the things that sets Napoleon Bonaparte apart from other military ...