At a public reception last Saturday evening at Allegheny College’s Tippie Center, the Crawford County Historical Society ...

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The China Yearbook, available in both Chinese and English, emerged as one of the highlights at the London Book Fair held from March 11 to 13. As a definitive chronicle of China's development, this ...

T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.” By T Bone Burnett Whether you're looking for a classic or the ...

Wenc, one of the original members of The Onion’s staff, looks at the history of the hilarious humor publication — which was started in 1988 by students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

When the U.S. military refused to let women pilots enlist and the editor of an aviation magazine scoffed at “the woman who thinks she ought to be flying a high-speed bomber when she really has not the ...

For centuries, philosophy has helped people understand life, morals, knowledge, and existence. Whether you are new to philosophy or already interested in deep ideas, these ten books offer valuable ...

Earlier this week, insurance company State Farm released a Batman-themed commercial that garnered a lot of attention from DC fans for its comic-accurate depictions of some of The Dark Knight's ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. We recommend a bounty of good fiction this week, with a collection by Torrey Peters, a mystery by Deanna Raybourn and new novels ...

Four years after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, writer Abdulrazak Gurnah returns with a spellbinding family saga set in his home country of Tanzania. After graduating from university ...

Disruptive events, the kind that unexpectedly interrupt our lives and make it difficult to plan for the future, happen to almost everyone. Denied promotions, caregiving responsibilities, medical ...