Our reviewer read these stories on a train, as the world rolled by out the window ... chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss The ...

By Brian Raftery The Books Readers Loved in 2024 A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around ...

Parents need to know that the picture book Milo Imagines the World has beautiful depth and emotion, with an innocent child's realization that he lives in a complex world. This gentle story from ...

State of the World was previously State of Ukraine. You'll continue to hear Ukraine coverage here, along with other international stories. Support NPR's reporting by subscribing to State of the ...

This sweeping history reorients our understanding of the Middle East, placing the Gulf at the heart of globalized trade and cross-cultural encounters. World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ...

Until 2012 when printing ended, the company’s books served as the oldest continuously published, English-language encyclopedias in the world ... online edition of its encyclopedia, as well ...

By Rhett A. Butler The world lost many conservationists, Indigenous leaders, and environmentalists in 2024. Their lives were ...

Tommy DeLorenzo, who died at 38 in October, was a master balloon artist — balloon décor, balloon sculpture, balloon arches.

WEIRD people are more likely to say, when engaged in the process of hiring somebody for their firm, that they want only the best people. In fact, we have taken that older traditional practice of ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

But in some parts of the world, people who need readers don't have that privilege. Today on the show, we'll find out why that is and learn the economic solution to the reading glasses shortage.

Here's what you need to know about the day. In the UK, World Book Day is celebrated on the first Thursday in March. It is celebrated by 100 countries all over the world. Unesco - a worldwide ...