The creator of the world’s most mysterious work of art was himself an open book. Michael O’Donnell reviews Walter Isaacson’s life of the Renaissance genius.
Every year it’s the same: we all know the holidays are coming (they’re literally marked on our calendars) and every year we find ourselves scrambling to think of gifts for an ever-larger list of people. But this year is going to be different. This is the year you’re going to start planning right now, and […]
Being the world’s largest retail bookseller is a heavy responsibility—and Barnes and Noble takes this stuff seriously. We’re always trying to learn more about books, reading, and readers. To that end, we recently commissioned a national independent survey concerning reading habits around the holiday season, which proved beyond any doubt the biggest reading day of […]
2017 was a monumental year for the world, and just as great a one for books that look back on how we got to here. These 25 books encompass a wide range of subjects, writing styles, and personalities, but they all have one thing in common—by shedding light on the past (even if only the […]