This Week’s Hot Reads

by Jen Vafidis May 28, 2013 1:31 PM EDT

From a book steeped in all the strange junk that we’re obsessed with in the contemporary world to a... MORE

The Last Few

by Michael Korda May 28, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

What was World War I really like?... MORE

Jane Austen Coined Modern Slang

May 27, 2013 1:34 PM EDT

Quoted 1,640 times in Oxford English dictionary. MORE

Remembering the Living

by Brian Castner May 26, 2013 6:00 PM EDT

Writer Brian Castner hopes we will remember veterans who survived injuries but might not have if... MORE

Remember the Deserters

by Charles Glass May 26, 2013 6:00 PM EDT

There were 50,000 American deserters in World War II, but author Charles Glass says we should... MORE

Dealing With A Mystery Disease

by Nora Gallagher May 26, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

In 2009, author Nora Gallagher was diagnosed with a baffling illness that threatened to take her... MORE

A WWI Vet Who Wasn’t

by Richard Rubin May 26, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Richard Rubin tracked down all the World War I veterans still living, but the story of Merlyn... MORE

‘Something Happened to My Head’

by Dale Maharidge May 26, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Many World War II veterans felt lost after returning home.... MORE

Saving Italy’s Art

by Noah Charney May 25, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

How did Renaissance masterpieces survive the carnage of World War II?... MORE

We’re Partway There

by Eleanor Clift May 25, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Fifty years after ‘The Feminine Mystique,’ how close are women to living Friedan’s dream?... MORE

The Week’s Best Reads

by David Sessions May 25, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the Web this week. MORE

Hillary Clinton’s New Book on its Way

May 24, 2013 3:02 PM EDT

Set for summer 2014 release. MORE