Undoubtedly made famous by the film of the same name starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet , as is usually the case, is a bette...

John Laurence, a young television reporter for CBS news, was sent to the front to cover the Vietnam War in 1965. Though barely survivin...

Having one of the earliest recorded in the world, China’s history becomes even more interesting when one learns it is unbroken.   From th...

For those who are unfamiliar with Australian geography, take a look at any topographical map of the continent.   Roughly 70% is covered in ...

One hundred and fifty years after the turn of time’s hourglass, BC to AD, the Chinese were in the midst of a major dynasty change.   A ti...

His wife from the country and the two owning a home there in addition to a residence in Britain, Poland is once again the setting of a N...

It is no coincidence that ‘history’ ends with the word ‘story’; events from reality really do make the greatest tales.   The 47 Ronin ...

Extremely few cultures in the world can lay claim to having recorded their history for more than the past millennia, let alone two or th...

A heady mix of history which focuses on music theory, Cooper’s biography...

Another work featuring the second place he calls home, Norman Davies returns to Poland with Microcosm...