It’s only fitting that, after a three-year hiatus, British author Janice Hallett has brought us “The Christmas Appeal” (Atria), a novella that returns her readers to the small but growing …

Most of us are too young to remember Anna May Wong, who, in her tragically short life (1905 – 1961), is believed by most accounts to be Hollywood’s first Chinese American movie star.In …

Did you know that the people of the Osage Nation were, on a per capita basis, the wealthiest on Earth in the early 20th century? Their story of good fortune turned horribly wrong, and the …