When Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849, his literary executor, Rufus Griswold, launched a smear campaign, painting Poe as a mad, ...

USA Network's adaptation of John Grisham's The Rainmaker takes an episode to find its rhythm, but once it does, it's a truly gripping and funny ride.

Funerals in Ghana have long been solemn rites of passage, a deeply spiritual ceremony to honour the dead and guide their ...

Learn the history of gossip or why we love to swim in these nonfiction books and you'll sound smarter at your next dinner ...

2. THE HAMPTONS LAWYER, by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. (Little, Brown) The third book in the Jane Smith thriller series.

We've always had fires and floods, but brilliant marketing and a lot of hubris allowed Los Angeles to be conjured into ...

As we grieve the lives of children lost in the Central Texas floods, we can learn from the example of President Lincoln who ...

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended July 26 from Publishers Weekly. According to those who keep track of such ...

This summer marked 10 years of graduating residents from Onvida Health's residency program. Program Director Kristina Diaz ...

Most of you would have heard of John D. Rockefeller. He was born on July 8, 1839, and died on May 23, 1937. He was the ...

Leading fringe venues The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol and Front Room Theatre in Weston-super-Mare are joining forces to produce the latest in a series of Christmas mashups.

Though never ordained, Blessed Edmund Bojanowski devoted his life to the poor, the sick, and the young — founding four religious congregations to carry on his mission of Catholic charity.