During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...

In “The Age of Choice,” Sophia Rosenfeld questions whether choosing — what to buy, whom to vote for — is actually worth it.

Since the late 18th century, small colonies of bats have guarded the books in the Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in central Portugal. The library contains 60,000 books that are all ...

Jan 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis examines how an erroneous 18th-century story about the “Caucasian race” led to a centuries of prejudice and ...

Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...

In 18th-century advice books like Benjamin Franklin's, success meant status, virtue and wealth, and the route to it was economic restraint and piety. People were not encouraged to amass material ...

I stopped at the Grove City Public Library on my way back from a meeting in Willmar and came away with a book I would like to share with you. The title is “1001 books you must read before you die” ...

Newly discovered documents at Longleat suggest Jane Austen may have drawn inspiration from the Wiltshire estate.