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After the success of Prime Video ’s hit series Maxton Hall, author Mona Kasten’s German-language book trilogy will be ...
In other words, we have a literary enterprise: an oeuvre that represents one author’s strivings and vision but also extends a ...
As of January 1, 2026, in response to growing concerns about over-tourism and environmental strain, the French city of Cannes ...
As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky that even native English speakers with college degrees may struggle to get ...
Megan Abbott’s 13th and latest novel, El Dorado Drive, is a riveting thriller centering suburban women and their pyramid schemes—so perhaps it should come as no surprise that the book’s already been ...
Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.
But my friend recommended that I read C.S. Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” — a book he believed would speak to my ...
Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.
What happens when you trade your house keys for a boat anchor? For Annie Jomphe and her family, it meant rediscovering joy, ...
Language,” writes Sumanto, “is not static; it breathes, it grows, it adapts.” This is especially true of English, which has ...
The transformation comes through the English as a Second Language (ESL) initiative launched by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal ...
English brings the fascinating, little known CIA book program to light. In the wake of World War II, the secret initiative smuggled banned books to Eastern Europe each month in a bid to win over ...