A great book can help illuminate the world in new ways — or can offer you a compelling window into another time and place.

So I hope hope you will appreciate my excitement when Tim invited me over to Bloomsbury to photograph the arrival of his automata and slot machines, prior to the opening of Novelty Automation, his ...

Found in a roughly 350-year-old manuscript by Dutch biologist Johannes Swammerdam, the scientific illustration shows the brain of a honeybee drone.

For self-taught illustrator Shelley Aldrich, tunnel books inspire a series of vibrant books and folded visual narratives.

The first in a planned trilogy of books about his life, Source Code covers Gates' remarkable childhood in Seattle, his brief ...

Try as it might, science has yet been able to answer one of humankind’s most pressing questions: What is the best Saturday Night Live sketch of all time? Folks, I have a fever. And the only ...

like any of the many behind-the-scenes Saturday Night Live books and interviews that make producing 90 minutes of sketch comedy per week sound like an endless death march—knows, being funny ...

The book contains some suggestive juxtapositions: a wash drawing from Claude Gellée’s Liber Veritatis (a record of his work from around 1635 to his death in 1682) appears a page ahead of two ...

Sketch-Co, a leading fashion brand known for its commitment to quality, affordability, and inclusivity, is celebrating a significant milestone: five years of fashion excellence. Since its ...

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What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...