In "Cleopatra," Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy Schiff dispels myths about the queen with delicious detail.
Gary Trudeau celebrates a milestone with the release of "40: A Doonesbury Retrospective," a collection of more than a thousand of the Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strips.
A good book is a gift that keeps on giving.
Reporter Anna Badkhen's "Peace Meals" is a travelogue through dangerous war zones, as told through the dinners shared with the people she met along the way.
Rosanne Cash, who visited S.F. to read from her memoir, says "Composed" took on new urgency after her brain surgery.
Reflecting on the work of a larger-than-life persona can be tricky, as Paulette Frankl learned when she started "Lust for Justice."
James Sime mixed comic joy with comfortable seating when he opened Isotope, S.F.'s first comic book lounge, almost 10 years ago.
The rock star wins a National Book Award, as does Jaimy Gordon, Kathryn Erskine, others.
Kazuaki Tanahashi has published an English translation of "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye" by the 13th century monk Dogen Zenji.
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