Collage of adult reading recommendations; Courtesy of the NYPL To mark Asian American Pacific Islander Month in May, the New York Public Library this week released a recommended reading list featuring books written by AAPI authors. The curated list includes books

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She was raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and at the age of 17 moved to the UK, where she's now studying chemical engineering at the University of Bath. Looking for a way to feel more connected to home, Lawal discovered

She published more than 70 novels and sold more than 34 million books translated into 29 languages, making her one of Australia’s most successful and prolific authors. Yet many are not familiar with her name.

One hundred years ago, it was Czech playwright and essayist Karel Čapek who first used the word Robot in his play Rossumovi Universal ni Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots), popularly known for its acronym as R.U.R. Launch Poster of the R.U.R. book

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Mortada Gzar tells his story filled with heart, heartache and humor in his new memoir, "I'm in Seattle, Where Are You?" #newdaynw

Chaney Kwak, author of the forthcoming “The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies From a Sinking Ship.” Photo: Michael Baca Chaney Kwak’s great-grandmother had a saying that his grandmother passed on to him: “Water’s the

Spain, though limiting its own citizens’ movements, has for weeks been open to visitors with negative PCR tests from the rest of Europe, and tourists have been flocking to places like Madrid, which has more relaxed restrictions than their home