BOOKS

Herman Melville had everything a young author could dream of. Then he wrote Moby-Dick and ruined everything.

In Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and more Defensive Devices, William Gurstelle poses the question: Using modern materials and construction techniques, could you successfully defend your home from history's

Besides “God’s will” and “evil,” here are 10 ways Ambrose Pare believed that monsters like man-goats and brain scorpions were created, from his book 'On Monsters and Marvels.'

Like Charles Dickens and JK Rowling, countless authors have based their famous literary characters on friends, family members, and mean teachers.

When a book’s sole purpose is to help the reader change their life, it is only a matter of time before someone finds problems or inaccuracies within the text. And where there are problems, there is comedy. Here are 11 parodies of self-help books that (sho

While these books are adored with the benefit of time and hindsight, they weren't universally loved when they were first published.

While the current box office is positively glutted with remakes, reboots, re-imaginings, and a healthy dose of adapted material, not every book is rushed to the silver screen.

Sylvia Beach convinced the author to record passages of his most famous books.

Rather than forgive and forget, these wordsmiths used their poison pens to deliver a healthy dose of literary revenge.

From coffee mugs to pasties (!), here are some of the coolest crafts we hope to see popping up soon in a library near us.

When it comes to cranking out literary treasures, celebrated authors have turned to some strange strategies to find their muse.