Some families tell their history in bibles passed down through generations. The University of Nevada athletics program has a good book of its own — a 30-pound, foot-thick scrapbook that touches seven ...
I FLEW FOR THE FUHRER (213 pp.)—Heinz Knoke (translated by John Ewinq] —Holt ($3). Carved into the memory of every combat pilot are moments of total recall—the unforgettable glimpses of a foeman ...
The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The decoupaged pages of this ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 1991, in the wake of the Gulf War, acclaimed photojournalist Susan Meiselas ...
Hard Listening will be released by Coliloquy on June 18. Written by Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., Mitch Albom, James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Matt Groening, Greg Iles ...
Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie:Tribal Tales from the Heart of a Cultural Revolution The story of Iris Keltz’s involvement with the communes around Taos begins in 1968, when the author and her husband ...
In the gorgeous new version of Reggae Scrapbook, renowned author and reggae archivist Roger Steffans teams up with photo editor and award-winning photographer Peter Simon to deliver a stunning visual ...
THE RECKONING by Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon. 716 pages. Houghton Mifflin. $8.50. Anthony Eden’s public life ended in the public disaster of Suez. Broken in health and spirit, he devoted his pasture ...