THERE have been numerous books about the Easter Rising to mark its centenary, but Joan O’Reilly’s Simplified History — The 1916 Rising is definitely the most concise and accessible, doing what it says ...

History has no ideology. This is true in the sense that the events of the past themselves don’t have any implicit bias. But whenever we tell history, a natural bias will emerge. This bias can take ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Gabe Henry discussed why he thinks that spelling in the English language is "absurd." He spoke at the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C.

Stewart Lee Beck and Sun Zhumin talk about the China Simplified series of books at a ceremony in Shanghai in December. [Photo provided to China Daily] In their new book China Simplified: History ...