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On November 1, 1755, an earthquake released the energy equivalent of 32,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs, with Lisbon suffering the worst of it. Then the tsunami hit...

Print isn't dead—far from it.

Arthur Read and his friends have been amusing (and educating) kids via public television for 20 years.

Pottermore just released three unpublished illustrations by J.K. Rowling.

A third (largely unheralded) person played a vital role in the creation of the airplane: Katharine Wright.

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”

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Lovecraft’s weird fiction was shaped by his life events and many obsessions, from astronomy to shellfish.

If you own a first edition "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," turn to page 53 now.

Anita Thompson returned the trophy on his behalf.

The Baker Street Irregulars is the most exclusive book club around.

The plan was to create an anthology of stories and illustrations over a period of years.

It's difficult enough to write a sentence that doesn't contain the popular vowel. (There are eight right there.)

If you’re a jet-setting bibliophile, you might want to plan a trip to Hong Kong or Edinburgh.

The author's unfinished manuscript contains many odd characteristics, including a kind of precursor to the paperclip.

Every month, the subscription service sends you picks from a curated list.

Whether you were a fan of her thrillers, like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' or preferred more lighthearted fare like 'Hotel For Dogs,' Lois Duncan’s name probably appeared somewhere on your bookshelves when you were younger.

Aldous Huxley taught another famous novelist whose works had a dystopian bent.

Best known for his 1932 novel 'Brave New World,' Aldous Huxley later wrote about his experimentation with psychedelic drugs. But there’s a lot more to Huxley’s life than dystopian novels.

Between 1995 and 1998, PBS fed kids classic tales like 'Ivanhoe' through a wise-cracking Jack Russell Terrier. And now it looks like he's getting his own feature film.