WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as “models.” For a crime ...

You can take a taxi to the base of Mount Isabel de Torres southwest of Puerto Plata, and from there, a cable car to the peak, 2,600 feet above the city. Awaiting you is a massive statue of Christ ...

Devin Booker's Nike Book 1 "Forrest Gump" officially dropped ... who played the titular role in the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump." Booker signed the pair and gave a shoutout to Hanks on his Instagram ...

Our columnist on four stellar new releases. By Alida Becker Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the ...

A signed and 'authenticated' copy of the ... Bindi shared highlights from a Q&A and to give followers a preview of the new book. Including a gallery of photos in the share, Bindi began by telling ...

Out of all the position groups the Cleveland Guardians needed to address this offseason, their bullpen wasn't one of them. However, one of their only winter additions was signing veteran reliever ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

It sits about a half-mile north of Instituto Allende. – Laura French The picturesque Instituto Allende has been drawing art students to San Miguel de Allende for more than 50 years. Originally ...

Manchester City have spent £59m on Omar Marmoush and it’s little wonder; they are desperate for another finisher. We have looked at Europe’s top five leagues – so that means there’s no ...

The latest book in the phenomenally popular romance-fantasy Empyrean Series finds Violet Sorrengail leaving Basgiath War College, where she’s been studying to be a dragon rider, and venturing ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign ...