GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids mother is giving old books new life by partnering with a local library to get reading materials into the hands of children who need them most. Jeni Stamas has ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

A romantic-mystery debut novel, The Artist by Lucy Steeds, set against the sun-drenched backdrop of southern France, has been crowned the 2025 Waterstones Book of the Year. The novel, which unfolds ...

The introduction of the Japanese television cooking show “Iron Chef” may have immortalized the words of 18th-century French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell ...

James Cameron returns to Pandora in a 3-hour-plus visual spectacle that offers little in the way of compelling drama. It’s more than the 50 stars on the flag—the American story is suffused with ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. It's December, which means there's no better activity than curling up by a ...