Chuck Dendy will discuss the life of trial lawyer J. J. Collins for the Angelina County Genealogical Society at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in the meeting room of David ...

Gen-Z men love Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich as much as crypto or Strava. Book influencer Ben Mercer considers Hill's enduring appeal.

Throughout history, women have faced innumerable obstacles in their pursuit of success, especially in societies where gender roles confined them to specific, ...

In addition to the jigsaw contest, the Friends of the Jefferson Public Library will sponsor a Warehouse Sale beginning at 9 a ...

There’s nothing more satisfying than watching an epic movie. But what defines an epic? Characterized by length, scope, and ...

This week’s column features New Adult Fiction titles. The latest entry in Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe series is titled Sharpe’s ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Veteran journalist Mark Tully reported for the BBC between 1965 and 1994, covering momentous events of the subcontinent from the liberation of ...

Many thanks to subscriber Mike Fisher for suggesting this fascinating topic! The Royal Navy lost several warships to air ...

A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at a Geneva ...

But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible ...

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia in 1812. Six months later, after the army was forced to retreat, an ...

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a million men. But when they were forced to retreat, harsh winter conditions, ...