In September, the Book Review Book Club will read Paul Yoon’s latest, about a bomb-sniffing dog trying to make it home after ...

How a cookbook helped Jewish immigrants adapt to middle-class American life while not losing their connection to their ...

Rowan Jacobsen argues "In Defense of Sunlight" that moderation — not fear — should shape our attitudes toward exposure.

The Anniversary,” a novel by the Italian novelist Andrea Bajani, examines a marriage ravaged by abuse and malice.

Few settings lend themselves to horror as naturally as the haunted house. In “Our Cut of Salt”, however, Deena Helm ...

“It is never a good idea to ignore the warning signs of reality.” So ends “A Good Virtue Gone Bad,” Chapter 1 of “Suicidal Empathy: Dying To Be Kind,” by Gad Saad, an evolutionary behavioral scientist ...

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Inspiration. I recently watched the black & white movie, It Came From Outer Space. The 1953 movie slowly builds tension while the viewer learns about the aliens and their intention. The main ...