When Charles Scribner’s Sons decided to publish an illustrated book on hoofed mammals in 1953, it was probably not a subject with promising financial prospects—a worthy scientific treatise, perhaps, ...

Ditto Denis Diderot’s “La Religieuse,” which began ... a bloodthirsty nun with a score to settle. Some books you read for coherence, hospital corners, faultless plaiting; others you read ...

Denis Diderot argued in 1761 that a book expressed the “spirit of the man of letters.” In 1777, a French law granted authors lifetime rights of property in their works. The philosopher and ...

She is a founding member of Authors Against Book Bans, and a bestselling author of books for children and young adults. When I was in practice as a pediatrician, I wrote daily prescriptions for ...

Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.53–86: Latin Text with Introduction, Study Questions, Commentary and English Translation OPEN ACCESS 2011 Cicero, On Pompey's Command (De Imperio), 27-49: Latin Text, Study ...

How do the insights of the 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot and the 19th-century ... not only for the Encyclopedie and various books and plays, but also for a French term that ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...

Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. The celebrity chef’s ...

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Patton, whose narration of Johnson's Book of Smoke was honored with an Audie Award, lowers his voice to a purring world-we Denis Johnson, read by Will Patton. Macmillan Audio, unabridged ...

Dune: Part Two cuts out scenes involving Thufir Hawat, continuing a trend of the Dune adaptations not putting much focus on what Mentats are.

Brian, author of works on Einstein and Pulitzer, fills a significant gap in the Curie bookshelf with this engaging book that follows five generations of the Sklodowska-Curie-Joliot family.