In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

In the mythic geography book Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), many gods hold snakes or hang snakes around their ears, or have a snake’s body, as a mark of their extraordinary abilities, ...

We Do Not Part is the very best kind of story-telling, poetic and ambiguous without ever shying away from horrible historic ...

The book will be of particular interest, of course, to fans of the Grateful Dead, many of whom treasure any knowledge about ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that life on earth was only part of an eternal journey that ended not in death, but in eternal joy in the afterlife ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy, a ‘biography’ of the Italian poet’s masterpiece by Joseph Luzzi, brims with facts but lacks any starry-eyed wonder ...

Writer-director Robert Eggers of Lee, NH, is having success with "Nosferatu" horror film. It started with a book at school in ...

The symbol of Western Civilization, the Acropolis' Parthenon was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium, ...

Animals were also revered in Teotihuacán, with evidence that they were given as gifts, sacrificed, or venerated. Many of the animals found in the burial sites were also apex predators at the top of ...

In the years since he died penniless in 1933 many have wondered how this singular figure managed to make such a dramatic impact on those within his adopted Appalachian community and far beyond. (B ...

See the (adorable) cover for Cecelia Edward's cozy fantasy An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating and get a sneak peek at ...