From 1940 to 1973, Ursula Nordstrom transformed kids’ books into real art and big business. A new middle grade biography ...

Does the world need another biography of Rupert Murdoch? It depends what it has to say and who has written it. Bonfire of the Murdochs, by journalist Gabriel Sherman, looks promising. He made his name ...

A lifelong lisp didn’t stop former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz from making personal appearances or recording podcasts ...

A Memoir of SortsMargaret Atwood, Vintage, £30 Nobody really knows what a “memoir” is. But that hasn’t stopped many writers ...

Public libraries need to set specific policies on how new materials are selected and how people can object, while supporting ...

The long-running struggle for succession in the Murdoch family famously inspired the brilliantly coruscating fictional ...

Andrew Atherstone has become the go-to biographer of Archbishops of Canterbury. He has, for example, written not one, but two ...

Touted by the Governor's Office of Faith Based & Community Initiatives, the contract was to make a "radical difference" in ...

Former social worker Chris Mitchell and wife Denise were awarded the British Citizen Award for fostering 12 babies ...

Between the secret abortions and the "smutty" adult novels her friends begged her to hide, the new biography "Judy Blume: A Life" feels as illicit as snooping through your mother’s nightstand.

These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club. This article was featured in the One Story to Read ...

There are moments in the life of a nation when everything changes − not with a bang, not even with a conscious decision, but with a quiet, creeping loss of confidence so profound that a people start ...