Joanna Gaines, known for her cozy-yet-cool designs including open-concept floor plans, farmhouse sinks and sliding barn doors, admits having to scale back on the vision of her own home in Waco, Texas,...

Behind every great book are the books which influenced it. The "micro-learning" app and platform blinkist.com has been compiling literary sources for such classics as "A Clockwork Orange,"...

"Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)" (Dutton), by Jeff Tweedy In his memoir, "Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)," Jeff Tweedy, frontman of the American rock band Wilco, displays a sense of humour that his...

"Long Road to Mercy: an Atlee Pine Thriller"(Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci David Baldacci introduces readers to FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine in his latest thriller, "Long Road to...

"The End of the End of the Earth: Essays" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Jonathan Franzen One subject comes up frequently in Jonathan Franzen's latest collection of essays: how to live...

"Sea of Greed" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown "Sea of Greed," the latest entry in the NUMA Files series, pits Kurt Austin and his colleagues against a seemingly...

The widow of Pablo Escobar fell madly in love as a preteen with the man who would rise to be a ruthless drug lord, but she says she felt raped when at age 14 he forced her to have a clandestine...

"Past Tense: a Jack Reacher Novel" (Delacorte Press), by Lee Child While Jack Reacher is exploring the United States, he stumbles on a rural area in New Hampshire and spots a sign with a name...

Il-Pirati: It-Teżor ta' Morgan il-Pirata Il-Pirati: Is-Serqa tad-Djamant by Juliette Parachini-Deny and Oliver Dupin Illustrated by Jérôme...

"In Malta there's no poverty." We love to repeat this statement over and over, maybe because it assuages our conscience or maybe because it makes us feel like we're living in a bed of roses. We...