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Yes, you probably already know that Joe Biden is an author, along with his wife, Jill. Promises to Keep was published by Random House in 2007, and his...

You don't usually expect a Senator to select a story about a pirate losing his leg, when he's reading to a bunch of first-grade kids for Reading Month,...

Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When we arrive at this day every year, I think of her life and works,...

Although he wrote more than 30 books (fiction, nonfiction and poetry), we probably remember WP Kinsella best for Shoeless Joe, the book that inspired the ever-memorable 1989 Field...

In the maelstrom of the Harry Potter mania, 20 years have nearly passed us by... Yep, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published in...

The 4th of July is always a fun time, with good food, friends and family -- with the added likelihood of fireworks, outdoor adventures, and so much more....

Neil Gaiman is releasing a book about Norse mythology. That news would likely be quickly shuffled aside and forgotten, if it weren't for Gaiman's epic, even legendary, status...

Do you remember the first time you read George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion? Perhaps, like me, you too were just out of high school, taking a Theater Appreciation course. Pygmalion...

A broken heart is not what it might appear. After all, it should destroy us to the core, leave us empty, powerless and shattered. It can end us. But,...

Few names shine as brightly as Gabriel Garcia Marquez. His words can transport us to worlds where the impossible is possible. There, reality bends and twists like an...