David Streitfeld’s impressive new biography, Western Star, has a subtitle that alludes to a notable part of his story: The ...

Realistic kids' and teen fiction pioneer introduced readers to relatable characters and plots, not to mention unforgettable ...

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani, an Italian painter and sculptor, one of the most renowned artists of the late 19th and early 20th ...

When the Wehrmacht rolled into Austria in 1938 during the Anschluss, there was one officer commanding a Panzer regiment that ...

The little-known rags-to-riches story of the son of a town drummer from Fife who became chamber composer to King George III ...

Daniel Okrent's new biography, "Art Isn't Easy," pulls back the curtain on Stephen Sondheim's complicated life, including his ...

"I want to celebrate my mother's wit, creativity and the abiding faith that helped her raise 11 children in the face of ...

Rory O’Connor belongs to an unfortunate category of Irish republicans. Like the Manchester Martyrs, Kevin Barry and Bobby ...

Berghahn has announced the publication of Lives in Fragments: Self-Narrative Sources and Biographical Approaches to the ...

With Pope Leo XIV's proclamation, the priest commonly known as "Father Flanagan" is now officially declared "venerable." ...

The deeply disturbing news, more than 30 years after his death, that American civil rights hero and Arizona icon Cesar Chavez ...

Andy Beta kept waiting for a full biography on Alice Coltrane to come out. He waited for months, then years, for it to ...