The first libraries I ever saw were in the backs of classrooms. One of the most significant memories of my life is when I ...

Moonis Ahmar's new book links persistent conflicts to Pakistan's inability to embrace enlightenment principles ...

McClanahan concedes the fact that while tourism boosts development, calling it 'visitor economy' — more than half of the ...

One time when I was driving her home, we stopped for a cup of coffee and sat there and talked for, I don’t know, probably six hours. This coffee shop on a span over the Tri-State Tollway, I don’t even ...

Stephen Fry is an actor, comedian, writer and presenter. He is also a patron of Humanists UK and a vocal advocate for mental ...

The realist theory of international relations dates back to the fifth century BC, where the general foundations were laid by the philosopher Thucydides, rooted in his experiences from the ...

It’s a good month for criticism in the literary world, with new books in April exploring everything from early-’00s feminism to modern TV and video games. On the fiction side, there’s a new ...

The eclectic, prolific author wrote more than 90 novels — primarily fantasy and science fiction, but also horror, erotica, mysteries and historical fiction. If you’ve never read her work, here ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East. By Leonard S. Marcus Laurie Halse Anderson returns to the ...

Four historical books about the Tudor court offer insight into what really happened. In “The Stained Glass Window,” David Levering Lewis delves into his ancestry to create a fuller picture of ...

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