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Capes, gadgets, radioactive spiders—superheroes have been saving the world (and selling movie tickets) for decades.
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book is an investigative account of loyalists and family members who shielded the diminished president from full public view. In “The Family Dynamic ...
The mid to late 1970s saw the start of a new sci-fi boom, kicked off by movies like Star Wars, Alien, and Close Encounters of ...
Caption: Brett Popplewell won the 2024 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for his book Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past. The annual $10,000 award is given ...
The book is full of fairy-tale details: Adults are mostly threatening or absent, children are in perpetual danger, and nature offers moments of transcendence and almost mythological meaning ...
Horace Grant defends himself against Michael Jordan’s accusations in "The Last Dance," denying he was the source for Sam Smith’s "The Jordan Rules." ...
As a mechanism for gripping tragicomedy, that’s pretty much unbeatable, and in 20 years of reviewing, I’m not sure I’ve read a funnier book, or one I’ve enjoyed more. Japanese fiction ...
Shoppers passing by quickly notice these aren't typical portraits made with paint; they're made out of cereal boxes that have been cut out and perfectly placed to create the image. A close look ...