Although published research in Maltese has increased significantly, there is still a dearth of academic material where theatre studies are concerned. A recently published book by Horizons, the...

President Barack Obama's half brother is publishing an autobiography that details the domestic abuse that served as the theme for his earlier semiautobiographical novel, which featured an abusive...

Here's something to pre-order for the holidays: Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick.   Winfrey has chosen Sue Monk Kidd's "The Invention of Wings," coming out Jan. 7. An...

"My Mistake: a Memoir" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), by Daniel Menaker   Don't bother using it to convince others of the legitimacy of your passion or to persuade those whose...

Children's author and illustrator Tomie dePaola tackled a big stack of his books on the table. A longtime fan plunked them down at the book signing — just a sampling of...

"Brown Dog: Novellas" (Grove Press), by Jim Harrison   In 1990, the novelist, screenwriter and poet Jim Harrison wrote a novella about an unforgettable character named Brown...

"The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams" (Little, Brown and Company), by Ben Bradlee Jr.   Ted Williams would have loved to see his Boston Red Sox go from worst to first and...

"The Creature Department" (Razorbill), by Robert Paul Weston   In Robert Paul Weston's "The Creature Department," written for children ages 8 to 12, two young friends...

Stephen King has decided to give Twitter a try. But don't expect to hear a lot from him.   The best-selling horror author can now be followed at the account...

An out-of-this-world sex scene invoking stars, supernovas and statisticians has won U.S.-based writer Manil Suri the uncoveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award.   Suri, a novelist and mathematician,...