Happy days are here again for Henry Winkler

How the actor who garnered fame as the Fonz overcame dyslexia and got hooked on fishing

• Jan 22, 2017

Curse of the "Lost City of the Monkey God"?

An expedition in the jungles of Central America uses advanced technology to search for the remains of an ancient civilization

• Jan 8, 2017

Excerpt: "The Lost City of the Monkey God"

In this passage from Douglas Preston’s bestseller, an expedition in search of a long-lost city encounters the deadliest snake in the New World

• Jan 6, 2017

Atlas Obscura: Mapping the world’s hidden wonders

The website and bestselling book revealing weird and wondrous places are travel guides like no other

• Jan 1, 2017

The Dalai Lama on seeking joy

Looking beyond religion and national boundaries, the spiritual leader says seeking commonality - with as little as a smile - can solve the world’s divisions

• Dec 25, 2016

Excerpt: "The Book of Joy"

In a passage from the new book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama describes how recognizing others’ suffering helps to lessen one’s own pain

• Dec 23, 2016

The alchemy of author Paulo Coelho

The bestselling Brazilian writer’s latest novel, “The Spy,” is inspired by the life Mata Hari

• Dec 18, 2016

Book excerpt: Robbie Robertson on the "Last Waltz" concert

In his new memoir, "Testimony," the songwriter recalls preparations for The Band's 1976 farewell concert, immortalized in a documentary by Martin Scorsese

• Dec 17, 2016

Book excerpt: "The Spy" by Paulo Coelho

Read a sample chapter from the Brazilian author’s latest novel, inspired by the life of World War I spy Mata Hari

• Dec 16, 2016

Michael Lewis and “The Undoing Project”: Why gut instincts are often wrong

The bestselling author’s new book examines two esteemed psychologists’ studies of why human judgment is often fatally flawed

• Dec 4, 2016

Remembering Pearl Harbor, 75 years later

On December 7, 1941, war came to a remote Pacific outpost, and forced an isolationist nation to rise as a global superpower

• Dec 4, 2016

"The Jemima Code": A history of African-American cooking

Author Toni Tipton-Martin explores the stories and recipes of African-Americans’ contributions to the American table

• Nov 20, 2016

10 restaurants that changed America

Delmonico’s, which invented the fine dining experience in 1837, is just one of the restaurants that shaped how Americans eat

• Nov 20, 2016

Excerpt: Trevor Noah’s “Born a Crime”

The “Daily Show” host’s memoir recounts horrifying events of a childhood raised under South Africa’s apartheid system, a “perfect racism”

• Nov 12, 2016

Election 2016 nears the end: How did we get here?

Presidential scholars discuss the fallout of a campaign so ugly, Americans just want it to be over

• Nov 6, 2016

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