Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

After getting what was probably my first library card as an adult from the Pequot Lakes Community Library, I dove into the ...

As someone who’s always embraced history, I love touring historic houses. That’s especially true when there’s a well-prepped ...

A phone alarm pings, and Adonis Florides gets up. Excuse me, he says briskly, there’s “something I have to do”. I wonder if he needs to take some pill or medication (he’s 65, after all) – but in fact ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday. Disney ...

If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Next year, Tom Ford will celebrate twenty years of fragrances—and there’s a strong case to be made that in that time, no perfumer has ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

John J. Miller is joined by Silvina Sironi of the Word on Fire Institute to discuss the Book of Judith. John J. Miller is joined by Andrew Hui of Yale-NUS College to discuss ‘The Name of the ...

Parents need to know that this Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of Herge's classic Tintin comic books is sure to delight adventure-loving tweens. The action is virtually nonstop and includes ...

Born Samuel Clemens, Twain was a very successful writer, publishing American classics like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876 ... "A successful book is not made of what is in it, but of what ...

For Ohio State Buckeyes standout linebacker Jack Sawyer, the last 48 hours have been quite a "whirlwind" if you ask him. On Monday night, he helped the Buckeyes cap a resilient College Football ...