Since its publication in 1995, Barry McCloud’s Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Country Music And Its Performers (Perigee Books) has been the most... Read More

When Ezra Pound was led from his home in Rapallo, Italy, by two Italian partisans on the morning of May 3, 1945, it was the beginning of a journey that didn’t end until his... Read More

Anthologies began as collections of poems, later including prose, the word itself coming to us from the Greek anthologos—flower-gathering—a collection of not necessarily the... Read More

World War I has shaped the history of this century. It reconfigured the world map, and forever shifted the global balance of power. Empires fell and new forces ascended. It was... Read More

In an age that is virtually a second Renaissance of Shakespearean appreciation, it is testament to his infinite variety that the man himself remains as elusively mandarin as... Read More

Schoolchildren know Mount Vernon as Washington’s estate near the city that bears his name. Serious history students are aware of the passion our first president felt for his... Read More

A cleverly conceived slant on history for children, ages 6-13, the "Smelly Old History" series (nine total in the series), explores three ancient civilizations in these new... Read More

A cleverly conceived slant on history for children, ages 6-13, the Smelly Old History series (nine total in the series), explores three ancient civilizations in these new... Read More

A cleverly conceived slant on history for children, ages 6-13, the "Smelly Old History" series (nine total in the series), explores three ancient civilizations in these new... Read More