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Since leaving the White House more than two decades ago, Bill Clinton has remained a leader in the D

When Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Cake Bible was first published in 1988, it took the baking world by s

Pony Confidential, a new novel by author Christina Lynch, is about an unlikely detective: a crime-so

New books focused on Johnny Carson and Shirley MacLaine offer intimate portraits of two of televisio

We live in a time where it can be difficult to maintain good relationships with people with opposing

Author Yvette Montoya didn't grow up playing Lotería, but she discovered the classic Latino party ga

Parents of disabled children are responsible for navigating a number of complex systems, from educat

Author Paula Hawkins is best known for her 2015 novel The Girl on the Train. Her new book, The Blue

Two new nonfiction books blend research and memoir to explore ideas of family, language and culture.

Since its publication in 1885, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been celebrated as one of the grea

Stanley Tucci of Searching for Italy and The Devil Wears Prada fame loves food—especially the comfor

Author Winsome Bingham was raised in a community that gathered together to vote. But as a kid, she d

It's been 50 years since the publication of All the President's Men, but journalist Bob Woodward say

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, died in a Siberian prison this past February–and in h

Horror and scary stories are part of a long American tradition that dates back to the Salem witch tr

Yotam Ottolenghi's books are a fixture on the shelves of many home cooks. In his latest cookbook, wr

Al Pacino's childhood was spent in a tough neighborhood in the South Bronx. But he grew up among a c

Since the war in Gaza began, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha says he has not lived a normal life. He

Rebecca Yarros is the author of The Empyrean series, a wildly popular collection of "romantasy" nove

In two new children's books, characters discover worlds of adventure just outside their doorsteps. T