Seth Wickersham, author of "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback," helps us understand why quarterbacks are among ...
Roland Huntford, who has died aged 98, set out to debunk the heroic myth of Captain Robert Scott in a 1979 book that accused ...
A presidential character in the author's 1998 "Parable of the Talents" was inspired by Ronald Reagan, who used the campaign slogan in 1980.
The author, who brought Japanese literature into the global mainstream, grapples with aging and his place in the world of letters. By Alexandra Alter Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound ...
A biography of Dolly Parton ought to cartwheel out of bookstores. If ever there was a life story to celebrate, it’s the one about the little girl from the ...