The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints ...

A handwritten note by Richard William Smith, a British businessman who perished in the disaster, is heading to the auction ...

More than 200 servicemen were killed when the U.S.S. Edsall was struck by Japanese dive bombers in March 1942.

Woodcourt the colonial migrant returns with news of a shipwreck, and stories of his heroism circulate ... “naked creatures” and “hunger and thirst” could just as well be used to describe the ...

Nigel Pickford has spent a lifetime searching for sunken treasure—without leaving dry land.

MISSOULA — The annual used book sale is supplying “just about everything.” And just about everything means 60,000 books that range from hardback to paperback novels to cookbooks and more.

‘The visibility in the area is very good, more than 15 meters,’ said Thoctarides, ‘and the wreck sections remain intact since due to the great depth in which they are located, they were never salvaged ...

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In 2020 they approached Ronnie Kasrils and requested that he work with son-in-law Fidelis Hove to produce a book which would reveal the other side of Modise. The result is Comrade and Commander ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Book lovers have the chance to help fund scholarships for women through the American Association of University Women of South Dakota Sale. Hundreds of books are on ...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet laureate, was a regular, and in 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, pictured below by artist Peter Vandyke, penned his poem The Eolian Harp at the Somerset ...