By Joumana Khatib “I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” ...

“I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” In Adam Haslett’s ...

It’s a sequel of sorts to her 1939 book “Moses, Man of the Mountain” and focuses on the Judean king Herod the Great. In the New Testament, he’s portrayed as a slaughterer of innocents ...

As we approach 2025, critical race theory will continue to be attacked, and young peoples’ access to pivotal books about the evolution of Black identity will be threatened. And so, reading these books ...

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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.

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

Discover the best book scanners, which make it quick and easy to accurately capture the pages of a book in digital form The best book scanners make digitally capturing the pages of a book far easier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sake brewer Mie Takahashi stirs mixture of steamed rice with koji mold and water in a tank at her Koten sake ...

OKAYA, Japan — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature ... The reasons behind the ban remain obscure. One theory is that women were considered impure ...