BOOKS

How a Bold Investigative Voice is Shaping the Global Conversation on Human Rights We are thrilled to announce that the title of  Best Author of the Year for 2026  has been awarded to the exceptionally talented journalist  Jan Jekielek . His new book,  Killed to Order has captured widespread attention for its uncompromising investigation into one of the most shocking alleged human‑rights abuses of our time.  On March 16, 2026, Jan’s book release event for  Killed to Order  wa

For many of us, there’s a quiet cultural assumption that reading more books equals greater intelligence. The image is almost universal: someone with tall stacks of books, a Goodreads challenge medal, or a list of 100 titles completed in a year. But what if the act of reading more — without deeper engagement — doesn’t actually make us smarter? This is the realization many avid readers are reaching as they reflect on their habits and what truly fuels intellectual growth.

Alain Baraton’s latest book is set in Paris. From the shared garden to the feminist garden as well as to the political and military garden..

For nearly twenty years, Cinebook has established itself as the leading English-language publisher of Franco-Belgian comics. What have been the main challenges in introducing this “ninth art” to Anglo-Saxon audiences long dominated by American superheroes and Japanese manga? Cinebook: American superheroes and Japanese manga still dominate the Anglo-Saxon market. But indeed, we have succeeded in establishing our brand—and that was our main challenge. Cinebook had to be clearly

Washington, DC has long been a city where literature is lived rather than merely archived. To walk its streets is to move through layers of poetry, protest, scholarship, and salon culture. It is, after all, the place where a young Langston Hughes left his poems on a busboy’s table and was discovered; where Zora Neale Hurston carried her brilliance through the halls of Howard; where the written word has shaped political imagination as powerfully as speeches ever have. For the

What if the greatest mystery of art lay in a simple smile? In Rare smiles – An Investigation in the Museums of the World , published in November 2025, art critic Alexia Guggémos explores this universal emotion, so rare on canvas, yet so essential to our humanity. In museum galleries, faces line up, solemn, hieratic. And suddenly, a smile. Fleeting, shy, almost accidental. This fragile apparition is what Alexia Guggémos has been chasing for thirty years. In Rare smiles – An In

In  My Life in France , Julia Child takes readers on an intimate, heartfelt journey through the transformative years she spent in France, where she discovered her deep love for French cuisine, and ultimately, revolutionized American cooking. Written with the collaboration of her grand-nephew, Alex Prud’homme, this memoir goes beyond the mere recounting of her culinary career. It is a reflection on her personal growth, her profound experiences abroad, and her discovery of the

Step off the train at Oxford and you’re in a city where scholarship has shaped the streets for nearly a millennium. It’s compact enough...

Golf is a game of patience, precision, and personal growth. Unlike other sports that may rely on innate athleticism or explosive bursts...