When Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek wrote the first draft of her book about Ugandan schoolgirls who survived abduction by the ...

In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” ...

Rufus Estes served presidents, a princess, and world-famous musicians as a chef on Pullman cars before becoming one of the ...

Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

Librarian Hallie Grimes (1944-1971) brought into service Birchard Library's first Bookmobile in 1949 to deliver books all around Sandusky County, as pictured here in its early years. The Bookmobile ...

Apollonius is far from the only ancient scholar whose work was saved by the medieval Islamic tradition: “we generally ...

A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...

India is no stranger to markets where sellers try to grab your attention, but at Fernandes Bridge Book Market in Ahmedabad, ...

Burroughs, the daughter of former slaves, established her own school in Washington, D.C. in 1909, helping to forge new career ...

When her husband is killed amid their bitter divorce, Mirvis’s protagonist becomes a suspect in this new novel that explores ...

Rylands125 celebrates a key milestone in the library’s history with the development of new exhibition spaces, opening 15 May ...

Her work spirals through architecture, language, flora, fauna, preservation and conservation to highlight the complicated history of the region through artist books, letterpress posters and limited ...