Theater critic Charles McNulty writes on how Shakespeare, and 'The Tempest' in particular, is helping him bear witness to the scale of loss caused by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Weaver's "wooden delivery never wavers from a tone of blank meditation", and those unfamiliar with this magical play will be ...

Our columnist on the month’s most exciting releases. By Sarah Lyall The scion siblings at the center of Sara Sligar’s Gothic thriller “Vantage Point” try desperately to outrun the ...

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Watch Shakespeare's play The Tempest told in 8 video clips. A ship returning from Africa is caught in a ferocious storm. On a nearby island Prospero, once Duke of Milan, has plans for those on ...

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Even in the 21st-century digital age, books haven’t lost their importance; they are still a reliable source for gathering information. Although we can now carry thousands of e-books on mobile devices ...

An often-recommended starting point for any fan looking for their first Warhammer 40k book, Dan Abnett’s Eisenhorn series follows the career of Gregor Eisenhorn, an Imperial Inquisitor of the Ordo ...