It was influential British cartoonist James Gillray who caricatured Napoleon as a short ... while the Egyptian economy rose and fell on the back of forced labour. In the biblical book of Exodus, ...

A vintage illustration of a giant man looking through a telescope at a small man in the palm of his hand from: The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver by James Gillray (1803). I’ve always loved books and ...

James Warren demonstrates in 'Outmaneuvered' how the U.S. entered ground wars convinced of a just cause, and that superior ...

Sarah Chihaya examines our obsession with books — why they sustain us, how they perhaps cage us, if there can be too many — ...

Founder of Daunt Books and managing director of Waterstones picks his favourites. He will be in conversation with David Shelley, CEO of Hachette UK, at The London Book Fair on 11 March.

In honor of the recent release of Mulvaney’s debut memoir, Paper Doll: Notes From a Late Bloomer, we asked the 28-year-old ...

(Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani ...

The off-the-books investigation, launched in 2015 by FBI Director James B. Comey, was revealed by an agency whistleblower in a protected disclosure to the House Judiciary Committee last year and ...

In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant animals with places to be. By Joumana Khatib In Linda Joan Smith’s ...

From award-winning authors to pop culture's biggest stars, this spring's line-up of LGBTQ+ books may require an extra shelf.

Drake hosts other events at ByWay Books, including a poetry reading and open mic from 4 to 6 p.m. on March 19, featuring ...

A young girl is left parentless and alone during the Great Depression and while at an orphanage, she encounters an baby elephant. Their lives wind up intertwining in the years to come. This idea ...