Galileo continued writing in conversational language for his landmark 1632 work, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del ...

Indian translations are bringing both Indian and foreign readers to India’s rich literary culture that spans languages ...

Similarly, I have written this book to the best of my insufficient ability and placed it before you.” In this foreword to her ...

A new exhibition in Dublin showcases historic manuscripts written in Irish monasteries. The show also features medieval ...

But my friend recommended that I read C.S. Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” — a book he believed would speak to my ...

A selection of books that inspired and influenced and left an indelible impression – which book changed your life?

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, Final Architecture and Tyrant Philosophers series. His new book, “Bee ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

Mr. Jacobs, a literary critic and professor at Baylor, has written a “biography” of “Paradise Lost”: a concise, lively and learned account of the poem’s creation and reception.

LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division ...

Joseph Torigian, a young scholar of both Communist Chinese and Soviet politics, has written a masterly biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of China’s present-day president, Xi Jinping.

Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature” is an ode to the physical book, exploring thousands of years of practical knowledge ...