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Misunderstood artists. Legendary music icons. A forgotten Golden Age film star. These life stories deserve space in your reading pile.

Emily Henry’s novel, "Great Big Beautiful Life," explores the stories we tell ourselves about our lives. Here's what research reveals about how we remember our own life story.

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A week before Debbie Millman and Roxane Gay officially started dating in 2018, Ms. Gay moved into her first house in Los Angeles.

Melinda French Gates explores big transitions, including her divorce, her departure from the Gates Foundation, and turning 60.

Milton Hershey, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick were among the notable figures who never made it on the Titanic.

Musical Tick, Tick… Boom!, about an aspiring composer confronted by his 30th birthday, became an Oscar-nominated film in 2021. It now reopens Theatr Clwyd in Mold, north Wales, after a three-year, ...

Abrams Realty & Development plans to merge the convenience of suburban living with the vitality of a downtown in its Exton ...