The Japanese writer’s short-story collection “No One Knows” shows why he was the master of melancholy.

Consider three big examples: the evidence for cosmic design in the fundamental laws and structure of the universe; the ...

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

Timothy Grover of Pleasant Hill, author of "Barnstorming Babe: A Slugger's Bumpy Trek Across Small-Town America," described ...

New production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is an extraordinarily imaginative, disarmingly sincere and very funny love ...

I enjoy reading books that analyze history. Last year I received a signed copy of a book by William J. Federer titled “Change to Chains: The 6,000 Year Quest for Control.” This book was published ...