A 15-year-old refugee who fled Nazi-controlled Austria in 1939 was admitted to a Georgia college on a scholarship that ...

Irish novelist and screenwriter Joseph O'Connor’s 'The Ghosts of Rome’ has been named the An Post Irish Book of the Year. The book, described by the judges as a "thrilling piece of historical fiction" ...

The Vatican this week launched the first-ever digital version of its annual directory, creating an easier way to find reliable and up-to-date information about the Church’s structures and members all ...

I’m a stand-up comedian. Not a book critic. I don’t want to be a book critic. And writing about books is really fucking hard. I don’t want to recap the plots or write shit like “languorous prose.” I ...

The National Park Service has revised its list of free entrance days, dropping Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth — two federal holidays that were added under President Joe Biden’s ...

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. One of the great pleasures of our work at Christianity Today is getting to spend so much time with books—with the ...

Looking for a new book to occupy your winter break or a holiday gift? Barnes & Noble’s book of the year, “Mona’s Eyes” by Thomas Schlesser, is a solution to boredom and “gift block.” With 52 weeks, 52 ...

In April 2025, HarperCollins published a study revealing that less than half of parents—41 percent—read aloud to their kids regularly, citing a lack of enjoyment in the routine. It’s a stunning ...

A romantic-mystery debut novel, The Artist by Lucy Steeds, set against the sun-drenched backdrop of southern France, has been crowned the 2025 Waterstones Book of the Year. The novel, which unfolds ...

Waterstones has named Lucy Steeds’ debut novel, and winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, The Artist as its Book of the Year for 2025. The Café at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please was ...

Save books to your reading list from this year's Globe 100 and from The Globe 100 Book Archive – the home of your reading list and our complete collection of Globe 100 recommended books that have ...

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