In his book “American Oasis,” Kyle Paoletta explores the region’s environmental and cultural struggles and what they mean for the rest of the nation. Perle Mesta’s affable personality and ...

Dazzling, Thai-inspired riff on Les Mis has big heart.

This week’s challenge is focused on memorable movies that were adapted from nonfiction books or autobiographical novels. Just tap or click your answers to the five questions below. And scroll ...

Nonfiction books, in particular, provide an invaluable opportunity to dive deep into various subjects, from self-improvement and business strategy to history and science. These books not only ...

A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding. By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

In the Division One competition for ninth- and 10th-graders, the team came in second, with individual awards for Marian Carlisle, an eighth-grader chosen to compete early who ranked eighth ...

PHILADELPHIA — Brooklyn Jamison was a handful in her ninth-grade year at Mastbaum High School. “I was fighting, getting into drama that I shouldn’t have,” she said. “I picked the wrong ...