30 years ago, countercultural thinkers declared the internet an independent space. Today, it's controlled by a handful of ...

Literary masterworks like Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea and Tolkien's The Hobbit are foundational efforts that have come to define the fantasy genre.

Bangladesh is going through a major digital transformation. Banking, governance, and many other sectors are becoming digital. The education sector is no exception.  The real question is not whether to ...

State officials have proposed an expansive list of books and stories that could become required reading. The list includes excerpts from the Bible but no other major religious works. (Patrick Herrera/ ...

During his 50-year career, he represented dozens of best-selling authors, including Ken Follett, Stephen Hawking and Michael Lewis.

Enhancing Sensibility In our contemporary culture, we have lost our age-old tradition of intergenerational transmission of stories through spoken word, and our children have lost their romance with ...

Esoteric meaning: Discover the meaning of 'esoteric'. This word describes knowledge meant for a select few. It comes from ...

Santa Monica Pier hosts free Locals' Night March 19, 3:30-10pm featuring LA hip-hop artists, classic cars, and Route 66 centennial celebration.

Egyptian writer Youssef Rakha’s novel The Dissenters, for the moment only available in English, brings together the narratives of a woman, a country, and two revolutions ...

The key to not taking it personally is investigating the cause—the student may not be challenged by the work, or may not understand the work. There are strategies for overcoming these and other ...

In The Gold Standard, Saifedean Ammous provides an alternate history to World War One, wherein the war is stopped early by a new, decentralized monetary system.