In December 1945, Arab peasants were digging for a 'soft soil' near Nag Hammadi in Egypt ... Army Booth College of Mission Library, I found a copy of the translated Gospel of Thomas published in 1959.

By Alexandra Jacobs You could assemble an entire library of contemporary work fixated on literary imitation, appropriation and theft. By Emily Eakin His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his ...

This book opens with the lines, "These are the secret words which the living Jesus spoke, and the twin, Didymos Judas Thomas wrote them down." Then there follows a list of the sayings of Jesus.

Jeffersons respect for the enlightenment ideals of memory, reason and imagination shaped how he organized his library (Video: Molly Roberts). Read more at https://www ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column was submitted by the library to highlight local checkout trends. Find out more at spl.org. What was the story of 2024 in ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction ...

The Secret Book and Record Store, if it weren’t for the man holding the placard outside it really would be a secret because no one would ever find it; hidden away enough that commercialism hasn’t ...

Take a front-row seat in a 1960s Harlem theater to watch ballet’s forgotten trailblazers take their rightful space in the limelight or kick up your heels on a private island with a dark ...

People have profoundly altered the planet’s soundscape. It’s time to quieten down so that other species can thrive.

The best nonfiction books of the year tackle undeniably difficult topics. Many are personal stories about surviving the unthinkable. Salman Rushdie describes the violent attack that nearly killed him.