Using land that once supported US efforts to counter invading Japanese forces during World War II, Aleut regional corporation is partnering with California-based SpinLaunch, a company developing a ...

On April 15, 1945, more than 120 Alaskans who never wanted to be in Ketchikan in the first place were finally allowed to go home. The news was reported in the April 16, 1945 issue of the ...

In books like “My Marriage Sabbatical,” “All Fours” and “Consider Yourself Kissed,” women carve out a place between marriage and divorce. John Cassidy’s “Capitalism and Its Critics ...

Poisoned Pen bags a buzzy psychological thriller, Ten Speed Graphic readies a Rebecca Yarros adaptation, and more in this week’s book deals.

April 22, 2025 • Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own long-unexamined neuroses.

In the Welsh village of Hay-on-Wye, where sheep outnumber people and books spill onto the streets, a quiet revolution began. Antiquarian and academic Richard Booth inadvertently launched a global ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

Albert C. Barnes was born into poverty in 1872, in Philadelphia, and went on to make a fortune as the inventor of a topical antiseptic and to amass a staggering collection of modern art.

March was a big month in the publishing world. Between a new “Hunger Games” book, a highly-anticipated nonfiction title from John Green and the third book in Tracy Deonn’s BookTok sensation ...

promoting his book Purposeful Performance: The Secret Mix of Connecting, Leading, and Succeeding. Although a stack of books sat in front of him, only a few people had stopped by to chat ...

The blockbuster rom-com author delivers a delightful new read in which a fledgling writer finds herself competing for the story with a Pulitzer Prize winner. Both have traveled to Little Crescent ...