The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

Global best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami has been named the Cultural Personality of the Year for the 2025 Sheikh ...

A number of books out this week — a tale of tribal politics, a close-focus mystery, measured criticism and a unique ...

Haruki Murakami has been named cultural personality of the year for the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award. The acclaimed Japanese author, renowned for his bestselling novels such as Norwegian Wood and ...