Learn history while simultaneously expanding your code cracking skills with these exciting activities below!

For more fun facts and activities, be sure to check out Code Cracking for Kids: Secret Communications throughout History by Jean Daigneau. Code Cracking for Kids explores many aspects of …

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Most people know the story of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, but little remembered are the five African Americans who were also among the raiders that day, and whose lives and deaths have long been overshadowed by their martyred leader. In honor of the raid's 160th anniversary (October 16-18)…

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The newest Rediscovered Classics book is out now!

In Leo Bruce's beloved A Bone and a Hank of Hair, senior history master at Queen's School, Newminster, Carolus Deene is approached by Mrs. Chalk, who is convinced her heiress cousin has been murdered. The suspect is, of course, Mr. Rathbone, the l…

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On New Year's Eve, 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in rural Oklahoma. Within a matter of days, investigators identified the killers: convicts on work release who had been at a craps game with one of the victims the night before. As anger at authorities grew, political pressure mounted …

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To celebrate the revival of the acclaimed and long out-of-print cockney crime Sergeant Beef series, we're posting an exclusive excerpt of the first chapter of Cold Blood below. Move over Hercule Poirot!

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Red Hot and Blue: Fifty Years of Writing About Music, Memphis, and Motherf**kers by Stanley Booth is available on Tuesday, May 7.

This collection of over fifty years of writing about the South and its music by Stanley Booth, one of the undisputedly great chroniclers of the subject, is a classic,…

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Calling all weather geeks! Howell's Storm by Jim Leeke is officially available. To celebrate the release, we're featuring an exclusive excerpt from Chapter 9. See below!

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To celebrate the release of Plantology by Michael Elsohn Ross, the newest addition to our Young Naturalists series, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite activities from the book below. As we ever so slowly move into spring, have fun exploring the world of plants with your young budding nature…

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To celebrate the February release of Jane Austen for Kids by Nancy I. Sanders, we've rounded up some of our favorite activities from the book below. Have fun hosting a regency tea, making a top hat and decorating a silhouette candle, and be sure check out the book for more fun ways to explore the…

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While reducing sugar and flour, increasing fiber, and drinking enough water are the most effective diet remedies, read below for additional fascinating tips that illuminate the science behind weight loss from Simon Quellen Field’s Gut Reactions.



 

Calcium

Test subjects taking a g…

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