A guest column penned jointly by M. Ray Perryman and Daniel Silva. Perryman, an economist, is president of The Perryman Group. Silva is president and CEO of the Rio Grande Valley Partnership.

This list is updated monthly with new “best of the year” worthy titles. This year has been a treasure trove of exciting new books. It’s been a particularly strong year for sophomore novels ...

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Halloween is the perfect time to tuck into a good scary book. And who knows scary tomes better than a horror author? From Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft back in the day to R.L. Stine and the ...

Every year, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based ...

Bill Zehme’s biography, “Carson the Magnificent,” tries to break through. Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio ...

Jill Biden. Both DuVernay and Garnett will join us for virtual programs during Banned Books Week. Check out the full list of online programs, and visit BannedBooksWeek.org to see a list of events ...

The books on this list are ranked based on critical success, sales, continued acclaim and quality of writing. Ursula K. Le Guin attends 2014 National Book Awards on November 19, 2014, in New York ...

Kamala Harris, a candidate who proved herself capable of saying anything to win, appears at a loss for words upon her defeat. Though the outcome appeared as a fait accompli overnight, Harris went ...