Anthony Bourdain and the Yangambi Research Library on the Congo River
Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown visited the librarians who fight to save the abandoned Yangambi Research Library on the Congo River.
Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown visited the librarians who fight to save the abandoned Yangambi Research Library on the Congo River.
50 must-read books about Tudor England in all its contradictory glory of racism, conviviality, homosexuality, female friendship, childbirth, witch trials, antisemitism without Jews, encounters with Islam, conflicts with Spain, and Shakesqueer.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 has been cancelled following sexual assault allegations, cover-ups, and and a criminal investigation. Now what?
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 has been canceled following accusations of sexual assault, financial misconduct, conflicts of interest, and the resignations of nearly half of the Swedish Academy's members.
Two more members of the Swedish Academy have resigned, crippling the institution and endangering the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In the wake of #metoo, the future of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Prize in Literature is in jeopardy.
10 Things You Need to Know about the Sarajevo Haggadah, a magnificent medieval book that has survived persecution, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and the Yugoslavian Civil War.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998), freelance journalist, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist whose work helped save the Everglades of Florida, after whom the Parkland high school is names.
7 Books about Books that You Need to Read if You Love Books or 7 Bibliomysteries for the Dedicated Bibliophile.
10 Things You Need to Know about Megilat Ester, a richly decorated scroll of the biblical Book of Esther, from the 17th century.
10 Things You Need to Know about the Yonah Pentateuch, a medieval manuscript decorated with dragons, knights, and castles made from images that you can read.
A reader on discovering the works of N.K. Jemisin and Myke Cole, and following their fantasy book series all the way to the end.
100 must-read books about the diversity, cultural exchanges, progress, and more lesser-known aspects of the Middle Ages.
The life and work of Christine de Pizan, feminist French renaissance poet, the first woman in France to have made her living as a professional writer.
Ten things you need to know about the medieval Book of the Queen, created and written by Christine de Pizan for Queen Isabeau of France.
