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Chatbots are appropriating our most common rhetorical tics. Yet when it comes to language, human creativity can’t be beat. By Vauhini Vara Her memoir follows the path from an abusive childhood to ...

In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation. By David Stout In this satisfyingly ...

We asked 16 queer authors to share the best LGBTQ books they've ever read. Here are their top picks. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from your ...

June 3, 2026 • In 'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein,' the narrator, a writer, actually spends one month trying to understand Stein's genius, how she invented herself, and her relationship with ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A book transfer moves funds between deposit accounts within the same bank, eliminating float ...

Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers. Joe holds interesting conversations ...

As 1968 began, Paul Ehrlich was an entomologist at Stanford University, known to his peers for his groundbreaking studies of the co-evolution of flowering plants and butterflies but almost unknown to ...

L-R: Sally Field in 'Remarkably Bright Creatures,' Hugh Jackman in 'The Sheep Detectives' and Matt Damon in 'The Odyssey' Netflix/Amazon MGM/Universal Many books will provide backbone to both ...

L-R: Belmont Cameli in 'Off Campus,' Jennifer Garner in 'The Five Star Weekend' and Anya Taylor-Joy Prime Video, Peacock, Apple TV Several best-selling books will make way for returning TV shows and ...

A new book applies principles of environmental tipping points to past societal transformations — and attempts to draw lessons about what the future holds today.

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