Welcome to the lost languages of love—where longing glances meant “marry me,” secret violets whispered “I’m gay,” and coded fans tried their best to be the 1800s version of flirty texting but ended up ...

And that connection is exactly what led me to write the Secret Birmingham book, a project that’s both a love letter and a ...

Writers are known for their words, but sometimes they’d rather not sign their real name to them. Many famous authors took on ...

St. Augustine may hold a 40-year-old secret — one that has become an obsession for thousands of people worldwide. But then again, it may not. In 1979, author and publisher Byron Preiss traveled ...

I have been leafing through old books dating from the 16th to 19th centuries. Last Monday, I spent half a day documenting Philippine “Incunabula“—not the sexual demons known as “incubus” but, rather, ...

Symbols have been used for thousands of years to communicate ideas and concepts without the need for words. From ancient hieroglyphs to modern emojis, symbols can represent anything from emotions to ...

See Numbers 24:17. - Fish: The fish is a popular symbol of Christianity today. It was a secret symbol used by the early persecuted Christians to signify their belief in Jesus.

The book itself was a recent English translation of the Cyropaedia, a kind of biography of Cyrus the Great of Persia, written by the Greek scholar Xenophon in the fourth century B.C.

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks Keith Houston. Norton, $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-393-06442-1 ...

Henrichsen, who considers herself a book collector, has been on the hunt for an ARC of “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt for quite some time. But on eBay, they can go for over $300.

Brown also authorizes numerous #1 bestsellers, including ORIGIN, INFERNO, THE LOST SYMBOL, ANGELS & DEMONS, DECEPTION POINT, and DIGITAL FORTRESS. The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon ...

Dan Brown had a secret up his sleeve, and now it’s out: he’s releasing a new book titled ‘The Secret of Secrets.’ Robert Langdon is back!