My book club read John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row” for our last meeting. You need to know two things before you think that line sounds pretentious. First, most of the time when we gather, we talk about ...

Medieval book covers previously thought to be made from deer or boar skin are actually made of sealskin from northern regions ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some manuscripts, rather than skins from the local boars and deer ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international ... The cover isn’t made from fabric or paper, but rather an “atypical” leather with hair still attached. “In historical ...

For the best printing quality, you can opt for only the highest-quality images to be used. All your selected images appear on a sidebar, and you can simply drag and drop them onto the pages to pick ...

This initiative is the brainchild of award-winning Radio 4 presenter Emma Barnett and her husband, Jeremy Weil.

authors and more Here is a look at some of the books that will be published in Spring 2025. (Covers courtesy of the publishers) What It’s About: The latest from The Verge journalist and novelist ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Princeton native is credited as being the first to paint the Pinelands as a place worth preserving with his 1968 creative nonfiction book, inspiring everyday ... Today, the ...

When Ridley Scott, visionary director of “Alien,” “Blade Runner” and “Gladiator,” connects with your story, it’s probably a ...

The insurers, which are paid by state and federal governments to cover low-income Medicaid recipients, collected at least $4.3 billion over three years for patients who were enrolled—and paid ...