In Mainz, Germany, in the mid-1450s, Johann Gutenberg and his partner Johann Fust published more than 150 large-format copies of the Bible in Latin. This is the book known today as the Gutenberg Bible ...

A little over 100 years ago, Wells embarked on an audacious gambit that turned the rarefied world of book collecting on its head. He broke up a copy of a Gutenberg Bible into individual and small ...

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...

Humility; more parables; Pharisees reproved; rich man and Lazarus, the begger. And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto ...

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Tony Tulathimutte is a master comedian whose original and highly disturbing new book skewers liberal pieties. By Giles Harvey The football player Michael Oher believes his early life was ...

You're unlikely to find the breadth of any of the library apps on Amazon, but you can still find tons of free books to read on the all-encompassing online marketplace. The most popular genres ...

The first mass-produced book was of course The Gutenberg Bible, printed in 1455 using movable metal type. The new printing press allowed people to print books, pamphlets, and newspapers ...

Try these speed reading exercises to improve reading. You can also learn something about the news. There are reading texts at different levels. You can choose the reading speed of each text. If one ...

In this part, you have to match five people to eight texts.

Each month, we feature three books—one each for young, middle grade, and young adult readers—that explore a topic related to diversity and inclusion. Check out the calendar below to see what's in ...