Syed Muhammed Zafar in his book Democracy and Islam in History has mentioned that Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a famous Western political thinker, was so impressed by egalitarian rules of Hispanic Muslims ...

Indeed, throughout the decades, plenty of books — some highly acclaimed, some much more obscure — have been taken by filmmakers and transformed into some of the greatest motion pictures in ...

Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. The celebrity chef’s ...

By Dave Kim The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia. By Ali Watkins Our ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...

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The turbulent and troubled life of Vivien Leigh comes to light in Lyndsy Spence's new book. Ysenda Maxtone Graham discovers the mental turmoil the actress battled with. Roger Lewis uncovers the ...

Books can hold decades of earned knowledge in ... "How to Money: Your Ultimate Visual Guide to the Basics of Finance" Authors: Jean Chatzky and Kathryn Tuggle Chatzky, a 25-year veteran of ...

Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective is a collection of essays that came out of a symposium held at Princeton University dedicated to the Princeton University Art Museum’s ...

Conservatives today often denigrate a concern with economic inequality as a deviant left-wing preoccupation. In fact, from ...

This was Jean Marseille’s first deportation. A new book, The Four Deportations of Jean Marseille, is the story of a man who worked as a fixer for foreign journalists covering Haiti, and himself became ...

Christian Kracht’s book finds a narrator much like the author on a family- and history-haunted road trip with his mother.