CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Hamilton County Schools says it has removed the book The Kite Runner from a high school English class after a parent raised concerns about graphic content. The book had been ...

The Great Gatsby, 100 years old this year, prompts this observation: it’s a great American novel because it deepens in meaning with the passing years. It’s a mistake, I believe, to introduce such a ...

The new Coros Pace 4 exemplifies those qualities: It’s clearly designed to be the committed runner’s best friend. Immediately noticeable is the tiny weight and size for a sports watch—a feathery 40 ...

A quarter of a century ago, when Stewart O’Nan first started writing about old Emily Maxwell, I couldn’t be bothered to turn down the radio. But over the years, I’ve come to cherish his tender care ...

MEDORA, North Dakota — Standing here this summer in the Badlands overlooking where the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is under construction, any person curious about the 26th president ...

Homayoun Ershadi, the Iranian architect-turned-actor who is best known internationally for his role in Marc Forster’s Afghanistan-set The Kite Runner, has died at the age of 78. Iran’s state news ...

It’s enough to make you lose your mind. You see your goal, but there’s a barrier in front of it, a barrier that makes no sense. Other people don’t have to jump through hoops or over walls to succeed, ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

In November, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Maggie O’Farrell’s historical tear-jerker, about a death that shaped Shakespeare. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an editor at the Book ...

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Despite the highly entertaining plot and the rip-roaring action, “The Tin Men,” by the father-and-son duo of Nelson and Alex DeMille, comes with sadness. During the writing of this military thriller, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Boring stats stuff first, this is a hardback book consisting of ...