Get a better sense of how illnesses have shaped history with these gripping reads about history’s most notorious diseases.

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A new book explores the legacy of an often-overlooked architectural style born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital.

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A Novel About the History of Philosophy" by Jostein Gaarder is a thought-provoking and fascinating novel that has captivated ...

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OCTOBER heralds the beginning of pumpkin season. Over the course of the month, they will be used for a variety of non-culinary purposes. In Belgium, they are hollowed out for boat races, and in ...