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Mistborn is a cornerstone series of the Cosmere. With two eras behind us, let's rank all the books that are out so far.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, in his 2024 book “The Anxious Generation,” explores the profound damage caused by children's exposure to smartphones.
Political intrigue, swoon-worthy romance, fierce heroes, mythical creatures—the books on this list have it all! But most notably, all of these stories were inspired by the legends and folktales that ...
From the Roman Empire to Russian Tsars and the Scottish Highlands, Richard McLauchlan's new book The Bagpipes: A Cultural History explores the mythology, history, and global reverberations of the ...
The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...
Although the first few months of 2025 for me have been packed with busy schedules and piling assignments, I always try to ...
Is 'The Lord of the Rings' a Catholic epic? Some consider it a parable of the Gospels, much to the dismay of several scholars who believe Tolkien subtly incorporated various mythologies. On the ...
As the Italian filmmaker noted in his book Making a Film ... Indeed, without going as far back as the legendary she-wolf, Roman mythology is full of female figures who subverted the constraints ...
A vivid tour through the route of the Roman invasion of prehistoric Scotland prompts reflections on Scotland as a colonised and colonising nation, finds Chris Bambery This book is in part a travelog, ...
“Elphie: A Wicked Childhood,” out now from HarperCollins, is Maguire's eighth book in the "Wicked" universe ... turned into an enterprise and a mythology that is long going to outlast my lifetime.” ...
Aptly named after the Roman goddess of love, the glossy console is actually made of lacquered wood using a complicated artisanal process. It comprises a wooden base lacquered in pale satin gold, which ...