We asked an expert for some help with putting together a list of rare seashells you can look for on our beaches.

IMAGES OF TRUTH (310 pp.)—Glenway Wescott—Harper & Row ($6). Like the pre-Ship of Fools Katherine Anne Porter, Novelist Glenway Wescott is a somewhat melancholy yet tantalizing literary figure. His ...

THIS little volume, more or less of pocket size, is designed primarily to meet the needs of the amateur outdoor naturalist, its main purpose being to enable a worker with the minimum of technical ...

James Comey’s new book, “FDR Drive,” features a villain who incites violence while keeping his own hands clean. After Comey posted an Instagram photo on May 15 of seashells in the formation “86 47,” ...

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Slowing down to define the problem may feel counterintuitive when urgency is high. Yet, it is the clearest path to long-term success. Most managers are both excellent and flawed problem solvers, ...

The ocean has always called to us with its rhythmic waves, endless mysteries and treasures scattered along the shore. Most of us are drawn by the glimmer of a seashell, a tiny piece of the sea we long ...

This episode explores information books, which present various concepts/topics to readers. Rick Sebak covers a variety of information books, such as animals, biographies, sports, and cookbooks. Sebak ...

Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia, will have a morning of birding beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Explore the diversity of feathered friends that inhabit the Red Hills region of ...

In 1998, a young consultant from Tata Consultancy Services was dispatched to the authorities overseeing India’s census, an immense effort carried out once a decade. The company was propelled by the ...

Learn how to grow black walnut trees, what not to plant near black walnut trees, and when to prune walnut trees for a valuable grove of trees, nut crops, and naturally strong timber. I’m an avowed ...