In “The Spinach King,” John Seabrook recounts how his grandfather turned a family farm into an industrial behemoth, and exposes the greed and malfeasance behind the prosperous facade.
Riding a wave of growing enthusiasm for reading, many bookstores and libraries have expanded their programming to let grown-ups in on the literary fun.
She left home at 14, India at 17, put herself through law school, raised three children and then achieved comedy stardom. What’s a little vampire facial?
Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan authorities. He spent many prolific years in exile.
In “Wild Thing,” Sue Prideaux draws on recently discovered source material, delivering an enthralling account of an artist whose life was as inventive as his art.