In an 1849 painting entitled The Conquest of the Teocalli Temple by Cortés and His Troops, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze depicts the Spaniards fighting for their lives against (or in one case, being skewered by) the ferociously battling Aztecs, who wear the most gorgeous of outfits. This highly dramatic 19th-century painting well represents the message of…

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s multiple-choice quiz designed to test your knowledge of literature. This week’s installment asks you to identify the titles and authors of memorable short stories and novellas — based on a simple plot description. The answer section reveals a bit more about the work from articles in the Times…

TEHRAN –Iranian literati will come together in a session on Tuesday at the Book City Institute in Tehran to attend a review of Italian literary critic and essayist Giulio Ferroni’s book “Contemporary Italian Literature”. A Persian translation by Manuchehr Afsari has recently been published by Hermes Publications in Tehran.  The session will be attended by…

Established in 2018, the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize is an annual award which is given to the best work of non-fiction writing about Independent India’s history. From a longlist of 10 books, a shortlist of five books for Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2023 was announced on November 20. The jury for this year’s…

When Jodi M. Savage was in her sophomore year at Barnard College, she found herself in a terrible depression. Sensing that something was amiss, her grandmother, who had been caring for her since bringing her home from the hospital eighteen years earlier, took the long cab ride from Brooklyn out to her granddaughter’s dormitory and…

Step into a library or a bookstore, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by a multitude of books. Each one beckons you, promising to transport you to different realms. Baku Book Center offers a diverse collection of literature that caters to readers of all ages and preferences. Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, the…

Smithsonian‘s picks for the best history books of 2023 include King: A Life, The Sisterhood and The Wager. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas invaded Israel on…

(KNSI) – A Twin Cities family is thankful this week that the St. Paul Public Library no longer charges late fees. A patron was sorting through their mother’s belongings when they came across “Famous Composers, Volume II” by Nathan Haskell Dole. They dropped it off in St. Louis Park, and the book wound its way…