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How to Download Thousands of Classic Books and Movies That Just Entered the Public Domain
Classic titles by Lewis Carroll, Agatha Christie, Winston Churchill, and Charlie Chaplin are now the public's property.
Zora Neale Hurston, Genius of the Harlem Renaissance
Despite being a star in her day, writer Zora Neale Hurston—who is best known for her novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'—was almost forgotten.
10 Delicious Recipes from Books, Movies, and TV Shows
Enjoy these real-life recipes for once-fictional delicacies featured in some of your favorite books, movies, and TV shows.
How the Chicago Public Library Is Bringing Story Time to the Laundromat
Making errands more educational.
JK Rowling Explained Why Harry Potter's Hagrid Doesn't Have a Patronus
Poor guy!
JK Rowling Spoiled Fantastic Beasts 2's Credence Twist Years Ago
Oops!
20 Epic Facts About The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Between on-set injuries, extensive script changes, and one whopper of a casting process, it’s amazing that a single film was produced at all.
8 Hand-Drawn Maps and Illustrations from a 16th-Century Navigational Guide
Les Premières Œuvres de Jacques Devaulx showed the way to the New World in 1583.
To Kill a Mockingbird Just Became Broadway’s Highest-Grossing American Play Ever
The previous record was held by ‘All the Way,’ a play featuring Bryan Cranston as Lyndon Johnson.
15 Fascinating Facts About Isaac Asimov
In the 1950s, Isaac Asimov wrote a series of six science fiction novels for children using the pseudonym Paul French.
10 Behind-the-Scenes Photos of North Korea
Oliver Wainwright's Inside North Korea provides a visual tour of the isolated nation.
George RR Martin Says Some Game of Thrones Fans Have Correctly Guessed How It Ends
The author is talking about the books, which may or may not end the same way as the HBO series.
11 Secrets of Children’s Book Authors
They write for the parents, too.
6 Little-Known Maps by the 19th Century's Most Famous Infographic Designer
Charles-Joseph Minard's map of Napoleon's invasion of Russia has been called the best statistical graphic ever created.
5 Ways Grimm's Fairy Tales Changed After the First Edition
We rounded up some of the more surprising aspects of the first edition that were later cleaned up or scrubbed from the text altogether.
JK Rowling Was Asked to Play Harry's Mom Lily in the Harry Potter Films
Technically, the author did give birth to the boy wizard.
George RR Martin Just Gave Us a Peek at Game of Thrones’s Ice Spiders
They terrified Old Nan—and now we understand why.
5 Facts About Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson, the famed author of 'The Lottery' and 'The Haunting of Hill House,' claimed to be a witch.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Almost Had a Different Title
'Harry Potter and the Death Eaters' was one of a few other titles in the running.
George RR Martin Swears He'll Finish The Winds of Winter—He Just Won't Say When
The next book in the 'A Song of Fire and Ice' series has been a tough one for the author.
Harry Potter Fans Can Have Dinner at Hogwarts This Christmas
It's guaranteed to be as snowy as it is magical.