The author from Vermont just celebrated the release of his 25th novel, which was inspired by a real chapter in Civil War history.

Below, in vague chronological order, are a few of my favorites.

After he and his brother join them in New York, the novel opens out into a more conventional consideration of rootlessness ...

Fang Fang’s newly translated novel uncovers the brutal, buried history of land reform in China.

Historian Randy Jaye's latest book is titled, 'Florida Flashpoints: Extraordinary Moments From Spanish Colony to the Space ...

Gage’s biography of J. Edgar Hoover is a page-turner I could barely put down. Hoover was a closeted obsessive, spending a ...

Here are three recent graphic novels that can help us to remember resistance against slavery. They follow in the footsteps of ...

An in-depth analysis of how cultural norms and patriarchal interpretations in South Asia blend with Islam to marginalise ...

Annabel Teh Gallop is Head of the Southeast Asia Section at the British Library.

BANDA ACEH: The Malaysian Red Crescent is shocked at the derelict state of the orphanage it built in Pidie here after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Its national executive board member James Kon ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... escaped from an overcrowded prison in the westernmost Aceh province of Indonesia after breaking through the main ...

People in the Indonesian province of Aceh have paid tribute to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan on the 14th anniversary of the disaster. The province has been ...