Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...
Latecomers are seated at the discretion of management. The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary ...
The Book of Kells is still on display and there will be a new exhibit about this important manuscript. U.S. News Insider Tip: This must-see attraction is worth the (typically) long wait.
By Abdi Latif Dahir Can You Find the 13 Book Titles Hidden in This Text Puzzle? This short scene conceals the names of 13 books published in the middle decades of the 20th century. See if you can ...
The Romans followed the Greeks, as they so often did, expanding on the Greeks’ concept of extraterrestrial life. The Roman Epicurean poet Lucretius wrote: “Nothing in the universe is unique and alone ...
To that end, the book is laid out in three parts: an author preface, a robust historical introduction with detailed endnotes, and the catalogue of 154 items which Graffagnino has generously documented ...
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has a lot of options for her next act — including possible runs for governor of California in 2026 and president in 2028 — but writing a book may be ...
Ancient Greeks and Romans seem not to have kept these sorts of household cats as pets. But there is evidence that in Athens in the 5th century BCE, it was trendy for wealthy people to own exotic ...