By Erica Ackerberg Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives ...

Up there with Times Square, Red Square and St. Peter's Square, Tiananmen Square is among the world's most famous public spaces. Almost anyone can recognize the Gate of Heavenly Peace emblazoned ...

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While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing. By Elisabeth Egan In Charlotte ...

The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration the timing seemed too good to be true. Den of Spies ...

It is the last day of the Bristol Light Festival 2025, an event which has brought crowds of people to the city centre to see the after-dark attractions. Talking of after dark, a special show at ...

In his latest book, Cass R. Sunstein lays out what the U.S. owes to the rest of the world. Ada Calhoun’s debut novel about a middle-aged wife and mother offers a wry critique of the sexual ...

The book explains how memory influences our behavior without our awareness, underscoring the fact that what and how we remember influences everything from our social relationships to the decisions we ...

If you are anything like me, you are constantly reading a new book. When I’m in school, I can usually finish a book every two weeks, and over the summer, I usually manage to read one to two books a ...

While living in Israell, Gad found Manfred's gift among his things. Gad does not remember how the book survived the war. In 1978, Gad returned to Berlin, where he directed the Jewish Adult Education ...

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