Nancy Thode's biography of her mother, Ann Head, explores the Beaufort native's life as an author, trail blazer and mentor to ...

Never in doubt of his own abilities, Edgar Allan Poe pursued extremes in literature and in life.

John Oliver was born with no hands but went on to become a ferryman, artist and a chef - now his remarkable life has been ...

Peter Wolf, 79, will discuss his unusual memoir at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. "I wanted to do something different." ...

A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

The introduction of wholly new products in medicine is particularly problematic for prices. Gouty King George IV “lived like ...

On the non-fiction shelves you’ll find memoirs by Claire Cameron, Susan Swan and Tessa McWatt; a timely biography of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, an account of one of Canada’s deadliest ...

Visitors to the Library of Virginia can talk with authors about the history and culture of Appalachia, Black culinary history ...

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Young Writer of the Year Award; Eoin McNamee and fallow journal launches; AE ...

After years of assisting Mario Batali and then Anthony Bourdain, Woolever has written a memoir that’s tricky to classify and ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...