A manuscript for The Sign of Four could become the most valuable Sir Arthur Conan Doyle item sold at auction. Courtesy Sotheby’s The literary legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s …
In the early 1970s, the artist Audrey Flack traveled to the Basílica de la Macarena in Seville, Spain, to see a carved-wood statue called Macarena Esperanza, a polychrome depiction of …
Vroman’s Bookstore announced it will close its Hastings Ranch location later this year, as the iconic Pasadena landmark continues looking for new ownership at its flagship Colorado Boulevard site. The …
If you could travel back in time, where would you go, and when? For readers of historical fiction, there’s no need to settle on just one place or period when …
Home Education IIT Kharagpur Creates National Digital Library; Treasure Trove Of Knowledge For Students In All Subjects The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning …
On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson’s disease at age 79 on March 20, …
The dark side of Hollywood can’t hide from Rebel Wilson The Aussie actress, 44, revealed that an unnamed Hollywood star sent her threats after learning that she planned to include …
While filming “The Blues Brothers” in 1979, John Belushi was partying so hard that he was often unable to function. One night, after yet another Belushi delay, director John Landis …
The idea of “going home” is, for many members of the LGBTQ+ community, a complicated one. Take, for example, Akúa, the protagonist of Christina Cooke’s debut novel, Broughtupsy, who returns …
Scientists keep taking their own lives, and no one knows why. That’s the central mystery at the start of 3 Body Problem, the new Netflix series based on a trilogy …