When Can Headphones and Earbuds Damage Your Hearing?
Gang Liu/Shutterstock Conversations about headphone-induced hearing loss have faded away, but headphones and earbuds still pose a serious risk to your ears. How loud is too...
4 Historical Fiction Books About the Romanovs
“Grandma, it’s me, Anastasia.” via GIPHY Like so many, I grew up watching Don Bluth’s animated classic, Anastasia. The film, while charming and fun, also took a considerable...
‘Game of Thrones’ star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau reacts to fan theories, keeps an impressive poker face
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is not about to be caught out. Appearing Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, the Game of Thrones star was confronted with fan theories about...
6 Romance Novels That Should Come With Snacks Included
I have seen one constant refrain in the weeks since Adriana Herrera’s novel American Dreamer was released: this book will make you hungry. Which makes sense. One...
Announcing the 2019 Man Booker International Prize Shortlist
The Man Booker International Prize honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world released its shortlist yesterday, narrowing down the list from 13...
7 Haunted Civil War Books
When I was in high school my government class went on a trip to Washington D.C. We made the requisite tourist stops at Jefferson’s Monticello and...
Meet the People Who “Drank the Kool-Aid” (And Why We Should Stop Saying That)
With a toddler around, it takes me longer these days to finish books than it used to. But I blew through Julia Scheeres’s 2011 nonfiction book, A...
What’s ONCE UPON A TIME in Tamil? Story Starters Around the World
Anyone who grew up reading in English is probably familiar with the story starting formula that opens most folktales: “Once upon a time.” Often, story starters...
10 Must-Read Essay Collections by Women
This list of essay collections by women is sponsored by I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott. In this memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about...
3 on a YA Theme: YA Books Set in the 1970s
This list of books set in the 1970s is sponsored by Roar, an imprint of Lion Forge. After stepping on a crack and breaking her mother’s back, Alex...
