One of Hina Hirayama’s earliest memories is watching her mother sketching plants in her Tokyo flower garden. “I remember her being so completely absorbed. She loved plants all her life.” Indeed, there ...

Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge of the Tipping Point” gives an engaging but incomplete account of the mechanisms behind social epidemics.

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Bernard L. Herman, renowned scholar, author and professor emeritus of American material culture at the University of Delaware ...

Carl R. Trueman’s book is a microcosm of the American political world with as much disguised hatred as analytical thought.

In his films, his TV shows, and his paintings, Lynch reminded us that all art gestures toward a world beyond the familiar and comforting. Jan 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erik Baker With In Waves ...

Even in the 21st-century digital age, books haven’t lost their importance; they are still a reliable source for gathering information. Although we can now carry thousands of e-books on mobile devices ...

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In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

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 ...