There is futurist Alvin Toffler, who described in his 1970 landmark book “Future Shock” how he came to the title: “I coined the term ‘future shock’ to describe the shattering stress and ...

Alvin Toffler A far-sighted perspective ... "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." – Malala Yousafzai The one who has been devoid of education is the most unlucky.

Did you know that as per DataforIndia, a staggering majority of Indians above the age of 25 were either illiterate or have ...

A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by Hollywood. By Charles Finch “Careless People,” a memoir by a former ...

In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden. By Jennifer Howard Leonard S. Marcus brings the wonder of a 1968 snapshot to a new ...

A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better. In her first novel since “Americanah,” she draws on a ...

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The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration the timing seemed too good to be true. Den of Spies ...

The topics of this fleet and vivid new account of the papacy’s recent history are familiar—disputes over sexual mores, war and peace, church and state, money, and the reach of Vatican ...