Which material was popularized in ancient Egypt (and later used by Greece and the Roman Empire) for writing books and other ...

It would be nearly impossible to make the Earth as inhospitable to life as the planet Mars — not that we aren’t trying. And ...

Removing books about the Holocaust and the Black experience in the United States strikes at the heart of the academy’s ...

When Lytton Strachey set out to write “Eminent Victorians” in 1918, he sought to enliven the stuffy Victorian conventions of ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, in collaboration with That Painted Horse Press (TPHP), announces the release of ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

In “The Stained Glass Window,” David Levering Lewis delves into his ancestry to create a fuller picture of his family and its place in American history. ‘The Friend’ is a wonderful dog movie.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the persnickety genius is the second-most portrayed literary character in the history of film. In “Watson,” the latest adaptation, however ...

Sue Roe's new book details how while on holiday with his wife, Picasso installed his mistress in a beach hut - then took up with another! But then came… After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school ...

The idea of Dr. Etcheson’s book being turned into a documentary film was brought to Gudaitis Production in 2019 when Jim Madison, a history professor at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington, informed ...