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How Ordinary Men Do Evil: Books on the Holocaust and Preventing Genocide

Why do ordinary men and women do evil? Here are several books that discuss how the Holocaust happened and what we can do to prevent another one.

Characters Who Got Happily-Ever-Afters Right Before History Changed Everything

"The End" is never really the end.

#ShePersisted Books: 4 Women in History Who Never Gave Up

Books about four women who were warned, who were given an explanation, and who still persisted.

Bygone Badass Broads: Historical Women About Whom I Need All The Books

Sarah Nicolas discusses the historical women she'd like to see more books written about, based on Mackenzi Lee's Bygone Badass Broads Twitter Series.

Gloomy Think Pieces On Reading From 100+ Years Ago

Think pieces on reading might be a new term but articles worrying about the state of American literary taste are as old as the country itself.

100 Must-Read Titles About Women’s History

100 women's history titles for your bookshelf.

Gene Luen Yang Breathes Life into History

Gene Luen Yang has an uncanny and amazing ability to breathe life into history with books like BOXERS AND SAINTS and THE SHADOW HERO.

Oh, Comics! Podcast #76: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Oh, Comics! is a weekly chat show about the wild and wooly world of comics, hosted by Paul Montgomery and Preeti ...

The Scumme of Heathenish Brains: A 17th Century Feminist Takes Down A Pamphleteer

Highlights from a 1617 feminist's response to a sexist pamphlet.

April 2016 Book of the Month: THE ART OF CHARLIE CHAN HOCK CHYE

Announcing the April Oh, Comics Book of the Month: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sunny Liew