A bittersweet evocation of childhood discovery and loss by master creator-of-worlds Ray Bradbury.
The grandfather of all sword-and-sorcery fantasy. If you like monsters, dragons, magic and swordplay—uninterrupted by mush and romance—this book is for you.
NextGov Column: The latest NASA Rover will be heading to Mars with some new gadgets and gear, namely a set of high-definition ears that will let us hear what the Red Planet sounds like, and an experimental helicopter that could greatly enhance…
Two of the most colorful scamps in the history of journalism. They turned the failing Evening Post into Denver’s leading newspaper at the turn of the 20th century.
The Library of Congress is inviting fifth and sixth graders in the Mid-Atlantic region to share the books that have shaped their lives in an essay contest. If you know a student who reads, let him or her know about this contest,…
The plot has become a cliché, which can mask the hilarity, bombast and humanity of this great play.
One of Dickens’ best-known and best-loved books, a great mystery and a story of redemption—for Pip, his benefactor and his tormentor.
The granddaddies of action adventure stories. But beyond the carnage and monsters there are characters that make these classics worth reading.
Halberstam brings all of his reporting talent to bear on one idyllic season of the National Pastime and a pennant race between perennial rivals the Yankees and the Red Sox.
The Master reexamines Pontius Pilate and Jesus, Margarita must decide what she is willing to do for love, and Satan punctures bureaucrats, hypocrites and thieves in Soviet-era Moscow.