Iranian women are taking off their hijabs, defying authorities and the oppression they face at the hands of the government.

Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30. 2. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans, Crown, $28. 3. Alchemised: SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35. 4. Heart the Lover: Lily King, Grove Press, $28. 5. The Secret of Secrets: ...

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Baba Ijebu’ was the name we fondly called the Vice-Principal of my alma mater, African Church Grammar School in Ibadan. Baba ...

Jim Avila, a longtime network news correspondent who reported on the O.J. Simpson trial for KNBC in Los Angeles, died ...

And so, Margaret Atwood ‘s “Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts” takes its bow at No. 1 on the Canadian non-fiction list and No.

Free agent infielder Luis Arraez and his wife, Gladys, are spending their time roaming Europe this offseason. They were in ...

John Irving, 83, has just published his 16th novel. The fact that “Queen Esther” isn’t a masterpiece seems neither surprising ...

Wordsmith World publishes Betty Johansen's first-person audiobook and illustrated ebook retelling of Esther's biblical story, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Packer’s “Some Bright Nowhere,” her first novel in a decade, is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick.

By Rabbi Mikhail Salita, a Brooklyn rabbi with roots in Odesa, Ukraine . Sometimes destinies intertwine in ways that even ...

It is noted that the public is encouraged to wear subdued colours like black, grey or dark blue for about 90 days to mourn ...