Reshaping our understanding of Western Canada
U of A historian Sarah Carter’s decades of research has led to reconsideration of what it means to be Canadian…
The Habsburgs: Rise and fall of Europe’s premier dynasty
They were canny, enduring and keen on expansion. In the end, however, the empire couldn't survive the First World War…
Digging for the bones of a lost Irish hero
Red Hugh O’Donnell was the kind of historical figure who often fires imaginations…
Finding new value – and a great back story – in an old film
D-Day the Sixth of June was based on an award-winning novel by Canadian journalist Lionel Shapiro…
Hubris, conspiracy and the fall of Margaret Thatcher
The former U.K. prime minister had a radical streak and a thirst for combat that the men she led didn’t share…
The Year 1000: a look at globalization’s roots
Author Valerie Hansen demonstrates that the concept of international trading networks and linkages goes back a very long way…
Making sense of the world and ourselves in challenging times
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is a book for these troubled times. It’s as beautiful as it is insightful…
The Black Death and its aftermath
Surprisingly, post-Black Death populations tended to live longer and enjoy better health and standards of living…
In praise of trashy paperbacks
What could be bad about stories that are pacey, and replete with nefarious dealings, treachery, passion and lust? They're great fun and you won't nod off reading them…
Thomas King exposed inconvenient Indigenous truths
The author is funny but not fooling around in The Inconvenient Indian, an examination of the movement to eliminate the Indigenous…