World of the Written Word

  I am a big fan of Andrea Barrett.  She always makes me think. This latest outing of hers certainly made me think -- made me rethink my sta...

  I have been stalled for a couple of years The apartment building I live in, in earthquake-prone Wellington, New Zealand, had to be earthqu...

  This six-part Netflix series in French (with subtitles, of course), is loosely based on Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express...

  Some people love to tease cats or dogs (neither seem to mind, but play along with enthusiasm), but my current hobby is giving AI a hard ti...

  My brother and I were not allowed to read comics I'm not sure whether my mother thought they were bad for the eyesight, or bad for the...

  Over ten years ago, I had the privilege of spending a couple of weeks in Taipei, and spent much of it exploring amazing parks and museums....

  Can you imagine being alone with three small children in the bustling port of New Bedford in the very early 1860s, and hear the news that ...

  The mystery was first unveiled in the United States by the Daily Evening Traveller , of Boston, December 31, 1860, which reported the mass...

  The year is 1634. The greatest detective in the world, Sammy Pipps, is being hauled in chains and manacles from Batavia (modern Jakarta, i...

  Every American recovering from a Thanksgiving Dinner will relate to this ... Anyone could've told you with their eyes shut what food t...