BALABAN: James Walvin is a historian and the author of the new book "Amazing Grace: A Cultural History Of A Beloved Hymn." His favorite version is the one you're hearing now. WALVIN: It's hard not to ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Ne ...

The best cover versions can truly reinvent a song – sometimes so much so that they become the definitive recordings. For our list of the best cover songs, we’re not just looking at non ...

Grace Desmarais is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. Her clients have included Chronicle Books, Microcosm Publishing, Last Gasp, and more. Grace is represented by Sara ...

Recorded in 1959, ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book’ has some of the greatest vocal performances of the 20th century. Listen to Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And ...

Only one new film managed to break into the top five this weekend. Find out which new one made the grade and which ones stayed, including Sonic 3 at the top.

It’s the publishers' first opportunity to impress upon readers information about genre, themes, similar books, and even the reader’s own age and gender. A good cover can help a book reach its ...

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“Code Green” is a sci-fi-inspired escape room with a heavy backstory and complex puzzles. It also resides in a dorm room at UCLA.

Natalia Grace’s cover shoot with PEOPLE magazine . “This feels like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she says, her voice brimming with excitement on camera, as a photographer asks her to p ...

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