In a maximum-security facility in upstate New York, students tackled Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa” and Tolstoy’s “War and ...

In 1725, John Newton, an English slave ship's captain, was born. He was converted to Christianity at age 22, and entered the Anglican ministry. Newton is remembered today as the author of several ...

Casual readers of Elmore Leonard may be turned off by the minutia in this biography of the popular American writer. But true Leonard fans will love the heavily detailed account, with page after page ...

From "meditations on grief" to "awkward coming-of-age" tales, the best memoirs and biographies "tell someone else's story but ring true to our own life experiences", said The Independent. Covering ...