In the hospital for what turned out to be just a health scare a few years ago, Eric Weiner realized — deep-down-in-the-gut realized — we’re all going to die. He began lo...

In his first book, “The Nerdist Way” ($25, Berkley), comedian Chris Hardwick describes a Nerdist as “an artful nerd.” A Nerdist “doesn’t just consume,” he writes...

As fashion director at Manhattan’s Kleinfeld Bridal salon, Randy Fenoli is an expert on veils, bustles and other little details of big-day wear. He’s also the unofficial s...

The predecessor of the modern restaurant was … a “health food” in 18th-century France? Oui, oui. Originally the name of a bouillion served at Paris’ public houses, “...

Joan Didion has been many people over her 76 years: journalist, wife, novelist, mother, widow. To each role, she has brought her singular gift as an observer of lives. “Life...

In 2008, photographs of red-dyed, “lost” Amazonian tribesmen firing arrows at a plane overhead stunned people around the world. When National Geographic journalist Scott W...

Tom Brokaw left the “NBC Nightly News” anchor desk seven years ago, but he’s still digging up hard truths about our world. In his latest book, "The Time of Our Lives," B...

Sometimes, scary things come in small packages. A mosquito sentenced George Washington to a lifelong battle with malaria. Rocky Mountain locusts, in a swarm the size of Califo...

It’s one of the most iconic visual documents of the civil rights era: A young black student walks to school, her eyes hidden behind sunglasses and her books clutched to her ...

Here are three important things we don’t know about “The Iliad,” the Greek epic poem set during the Trojan War: how much of it is based on fact, whether it was all writt...

A house is more than just four walls. It’s a window to a history everyone relates to: how domestic life has changed over the centuries. In “At Home: A Short History of Pri...

For 27 years, Kim Zimmer portrayed Reva Shayne on the soap opera “Guiding Light,” a character known for dubbing herself the “Slut of Springfield” and marrying three me...

The world of comics has matured a lot in the last hundred years. Today, graphic novels enjoy a cred that Archie never did. This weekend, Bethesda’s annual Small Press Ex...

Jim Woodring tells an old story in his new graphic novel, “Congress of the Animals”: boy anthropomorphic cat thing meets girl anthropomorphic cat thing. Along the ...

Amy Waldman’s debut novel, “The Submission,” presents a simple question with a complicated answer: What if the jury for New York City’s 9/11 memorial u...