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There remains a haunting stillness over the grounds around Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where 3,650 Union and Confederate soldiers per...

In a discussion of The Library Book, her acclaimed account of most devastating library fire in our country’s history, author...

Laura Kasischke, a renowned literary multi-talent who has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her poetry and seen three of...

John Kaag of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, discusses his new book Hiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are...

In a discussion of his new book The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusad...

In a discussion of his new book Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940, author...

The latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia, their friends, and families features...

In a discussion of her new book These Truths: A History of the United States, an ambitious look of the origins and evolution...

In an illustrated discussion marking the launch of his book Kansas City Houses 1885–1938, local scholar Michael C. K...

In a discussion of his new biography Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father...