Arts & Culture

In an easy-to-read, seventy-four-page volume, Travers relays his approach to art appreciation: You don’t connect with an artwork by learning which period it’s from or who painted it. Rather, you connect with an artwork by immersing yourself in it and finding personal connections with its characters and themes.

The bulk of Free Guy is propelled by a compelling, original story (a rare thing in today’s movie landscape) with well-written, well-acted characters and a powerful theme, as well as a delightful dose of humor.

Including works by Charles Mackay, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Lawson, Robert Browning, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Shakespeare, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Dianne Durante's Innovators in Sculpture and Innovators in Painting transform a monumental topic into a manageable form, helping readers to better understand and appreciate the work of artistic trailblazers.

Throughout State of Fear, Michael Crichton artfully incorporates real-life academic sources, graphs, and other research, slowly piecing together his own thoughts about global warming and comparing these with commonly held beliefs.

The special glow of O. Henry's prose and the magic of his plots show us the world as it should be—and almost bring it within reach.

A $15 per hour minimum wage would have tripped Quanesha Burks up at the starting line of her career.

Classical music is a powerful tool for Hollywood’s greatest sci-fi filmmakers and composers. Without this music, classic films such as Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey would not be as emotionally effective.

The characters in Loki who take a stand against the villainous Time Variance Authority are always clear that they are fighting for free will and defending people’s rights to make their own decisions.

Texas novelist Elmer Kelton’s West is a vivid, authentic world—one in which farmers struggle to keep their land, ranchers work backbreaking hours to support their families, cowboys explore the depths of the wilderness, and people make difficult but admirable choices in the face of adversity.