And here's where we can help – as these are the most voted for books, according to the book-lovers' website Goodreads. Readers have been voting for their top 10 books of all time and the results are ...

The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, he attempts to "reilluminate Stevenson's unique qualities in their full range and depth." And for the most part, he succeeds.

Reading , German filmmaker and author Werner Herzog’s new book, I recalled my childhood fixations on the inexplicable. I had ...

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

Mr. Woodward said Mr. Redford, who portrayed him in the classic 1976 film “All the President’s Men,” was a “genuine, a noble and principled force for good.” By Benjamin Mullin One of Robert Redford’s ...

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is fiercely protective of a multi-billion-dollar business which supports the church. These men found out the extraordinary lengths it will take to keep it safe.

There are many ways to fail at the MR340. Each year, hundreds of boats launch into this competition along the Missouri River between Kansas City and St. Charles—the world’s longest nonstop paddling ...

Beloved PBS series 'Reading Rainbow' is being revived with new host Mychal the Librarian (a.k.a. Mychal Threets), new friends ...

Mychal Threets, a social media star librarian, is hosting the new iteration of the series. It's back for four episodes ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

As Mr. Mamdani seeks to reassure New York City he is open to compromise, his views on Israel and Palestinians have been the ...

Dan Pelzer kept a list of the 3,599 books he read over 60 years before his death. Now the list is available to all.