(Courtesy of Mercer University Press) Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Elizabeth Barks Cox, author of "Reading Van Gogh: An Amateur's Search for God." The book explores Cox's search for meaning ...

Two Van Gogh paintings, never previously exhibited in London, will be displayed at the Courtauld this February.

In the months after Van Gogh mutilated his ear, he created just two paintings of the hospital in Arles in which he stayed. By a stroke of good fortune, both were bought in the 1920s by the Swiss ...

By Alida Becker Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too. In “The Killing Fields ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master 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.

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

The latest book in the phenomenally popular romance-fantasy Empyrean Series finds Violet Sorrengail leaving Basgiath War College, where she’s been studying to be a dragon rider, and venturing ...

A baby monitor at its most basic allows you to see and hear your child while they sleep in another room. A traditional one uses local radio frequency, while a new crop of Wi-Fi-enabled monitors ...

In his latest book Dr Rangan Chatterjee teaches you how to smash the bad habits steering you straight towards burnout. Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests.

Try these discussions to improve your speaking and listening. There are 20 questions in each activity - 10 for Student A and 10 for Student B. You can print out the worksheet. You can listen to the ...