"The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington" (Flatiron Books), by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch George Washington faced some big problems as he tried to fortify New York City...

The National Book Council is pleased to release the programme of cultural events for the Campus Book Festival 2019 (FKK19). As customary, the festival will take place at the University Quadrangle on...

"Sugar Run: A Novel" (Algonquin), by Mesha Maren Flawed people and a forceful look at an area ravaged by an economic downturn and a rising opioid epidemic meld in the character-driven "Sugar...

Not long before Election Day, 2016, Samira Ahmed completed the first draft of her novel, "Internment," a dystopian narrative about the rounding up of Muslim-Americans. As the news came in that...

"Hunt Them Down" (Thomas and Mercer), by Simon Gervais Pierce Hunt has returned from a six-month forced leave after a reporter is injured during a bust even though it's not Hunt's fault. On...

"Freefall: a Novel" (HarperCollins), by Jessica Barry "Freefall" begins as an action-packed/heart-stopping thriller as it logically and smoothly leads into the self-examination of two women...

Ever wondered why boys and girls choose particular toys, particular colors and particular stories? Why is it that girls want to dress in pink and to be princesses, or boys want to be Darth Vader,...

Ed. Sergio Grech'L-Avukat Herbert Ganado - Bejn Storja u Miti'Horizons2015260pp   When I worked at Il-Hajja, I had a small, walk-on, part in producing some of the original volumes of...

For Stephen Colbert and his "Late Show" staff, the best-selling spoof "Whose Boat Is This Boat?" essentially wrote itself. Because all of the words are by President Donald Trump, who is billed as...

Retired NASA mathematician Katharine Johnson, who turned 100 last summer, has waited long enough to tell her own story. Johnson's "Reaching for the Moon" is an autobiography for middle graders...