This 15th-century Quran was written on gold-flecked paper ... then released some images as screen savers and wallpapers for Windows 98 Plus. That’s quite a journey for a book written in 1510.

“Bliss” itself was taken in 1996 by National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear, to whom Microsoft paid an estimated $100 ...

It is not a name, but the term or title “Son of man” is found in the Hebrew Jewish Bible, especially in the book of Ezekiel ... to God as his father. The Qur’an states: “Allah is ...

Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. The celebrity chef’s ...

Indeed, throughout the decades, plenty of books — some highly acclaimed, some much more obscure — have been taken by filmmakers and transformed into some of the greatest motion pictures in ...

She is a founding member of Authors Against Book Bans, and a bestselling author of books for children and young adults. When I was in practice as a pediatrician, I wrote daily prescriptions for ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...

At just 17 years old, Ahmed Al Kawkabani joined other authors in the signing corner of the Sharjah International Book Fair, ...

Climbing Up The Walls is the collected works of Tom Sheehan, the music press photographer who shot the band from their earliest days (full disclosure: I wrote the essays for that book). What, I wonder ...

Preview the Jameel Prize exhibition, coming to London's V&A, with a focus on moving image and digital media The winner of the V&A and Art Jameel’s seventh international award for contemporary art and ...

The man has written seventy-seven books, so some nod to brevity is required. Any published stories compiled within a larger collection will not be ranked singularly. That still leaves sixty-plus ...

Books can hold decades of earned knowledge in the span of a few hundred pages. When it comes to understanding finances, fewer decisions are easier, cheaper or more impactful than the move to ...