In her new collection of Wall Street Journal columns, Pulitzer Prize-winner Peggy Noonan writes about the history and character of our nation, threats to the social fabric, and the "better angels" of ...

“The Killer Inside Me,” published in 1952, is his best-known novel. Its narrator is Lou Ford, a 29-year-old Texas sheriff who pretends to be a bland and boring rube but ends up committing every murder ...

Countries in the global South have attempted to press the United States for better engagement in multilateral forums. But ...

Medicare and Social Security represent successes in facing the realities of aging, but their imperfections also show how much ...

Arcadia Books is the kind of place that makes you believe in love at first sight – at least when it comes to bookstores.

Last month, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors known for ...

This part-time Stockbridge resident and New York City voice teacher was shocked when he learned of the incident. He wanted to ...

November 14, 1851, marked the first day that the American public could purchase Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the latest novel by the modestly successful author Herman Melville, for $1.50 (around $60 ...

The morning after the election, the historian discussed some books that shed light on the precedents for our fractured ...

You can read Minneapolis poet Danez Smith’s work in two new books or, if you happen to be in New York, on subway walls.

In time for the holiday season, the survey of 2,000 American readers looked at book gifting trends, including some of the ...

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