A year later, Davis purchased the Book Worm Bookstore in Powder Springs, Ga., a town about 20 miles from Atlanta with a ...

Just 22 and still a student, Nelio Biedermann has been compared to Thomas Mann thanks to “Lázár,” his sweeping family saga. By Thomas Rogers A new book by the historian Melvin Patrick Ely draws on ...

Acclaimed author Amy Tan is 2025’s Robert Kirsch Award winner which recognizes a writer with a substantial connection to the American West. Her expansive work, including “The Joy Luck Club,” “The ...

Before the award-winning RPGs or live-action show, there was The Witcher book series. Andrzej Sapkowski's original story of Geralt of Rivia was heavily inspired by Slavic mythology as well as classic ...

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April 12, 2026 • Dozens of Tuskegee Airmen went missing in action during World War II. Most of them have not been found. Who were these men and what happened to them? In her book, "Forgotten Souls," ...

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