From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

In “Miracles and Wonder,” the author explores what motivated people to record the details that define the life of Jesus. In ‘Searches,’ Vauhini Vara collaborates with a chatbot to write ...

Add to that, that the best stories are created when facts merge with imagination, leaving us with history, mythology and an ...

Hanks — a journalist, and yes, also the daughter of Tom — recalls driving the highway 10 across the southwest as she tries to make sense of her unstable upbringing and the life and death of ...

A new book from Vita Sackville-West's grandson, Adam Nicolson, explores the pigeons who can tell their Bach from their Stravinsky and testosterone-fuelled wrens who make Hugh Hefner look tame.

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 ...

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