Mary Beard writes the people’s history of Rome in her new book “SPQR.”

Bill Gates is here to change the world—will he make money doing it?

A new book dissects the meanings of tattoo cultures

A former indie bookseller visits the retailer’s brick and mortar store.

Parallel worlds intersect in the author’s new novel “Slade House.”

The author’s inspired years among the scientists at General Electric.

A young professor reflects on John Williams’s cult novel on its 50th anniversary.

How the former slave and abolitionist became the most photographed man in America.

Two new books chronicle the changes on St. Marks Place and rue des Martyrs

Luc Sante’s new book looks longingly back at a more sinful time

Alex Mar’s new book overlooks the radical history of oppressed women

In her new memoir, the women's activist chronicles her life on the road

Written for his high school literary magazine, this haunting story is now published for the first time.

A new book collects images of women in poses from famous paintings

Stacy Schiff unravels the twisted history of the Salem Witch Trials.

Riad Sattouf’s graphic memoir is an indictment of the adult world

The making of the Revolutionary War General into a national icon

Highlights from her memoir 'Hard Choices'

Literary saint or arrogant fraud—why do we need Thoreau to be one or the other?