Jennifer Beals is revealing a secret passion that she's actually been pursuing for 40 years: photography. On April 15, The L ...

Every year on April 23rd, we pull out our favorite book-themed games, and this World Book Day word search always makes the cut. It’s quick to set up, easy for kids to jump into, and ties in perfectly ...

Nan Shepherd’s meditative book on the great outdoors is an inspiring guide to stepping away from comforts and routine.

Patrick Bringley took up a post as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after the untimely death of his older ...

Maybe, for now, it’s just the questions you write down. No answers at all. Maybe, over time, answers begin to come.

“The culture was formed by these big institutional, technological, economic, geopolitical, military, etc., changes,” he said.

Bill Gates and his longtime wife, Melinda Gates, went through a long and exhausting divorce after more than 25 years of ...

A lively Q&A with the National Book Award winner on the occasion of his short, sweet, terrifying new novel, Twist.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author and former New York Times Paris bureau chief Elaine Sciolino about the new book, How ...

Maya Angelou didn’t hold back. From defying racism to reclaiming womanhood, her fiercest words still cut through noise and ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל. It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys the idea of struggling, wrestling or fighting (whether literally or ...

Agriculture remained an ideal measure of wealth in the ancient world even after Rome achieved economic superiority.