Marlene Dietrich did not have the eyes of a reader; she had the eyes of a seductress. Which served her well in her long Hollywood career. But, as it turns out, she liked books.
Agatha Christie fans have long puzzled over the existence of a real-life inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Did the author base Poirot on someone she knew?
My collecting began with Civil War artifacts when I was a teenager. My mother, an elementary school teacher, had a keen eye for antiques and our home had several pieces of Shaker furniture.
The contemporary world brings many new things: an undeniably brisk pace, an unclear future, and an ever-changing face of motherhood. Working vs.
In an excellent conversation piece posted on BBC's Culture page, journalist Jane Ciabattari argues that 1925
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of 'going home again' so to speak.
She's one of the world's most beloved novelists, but we still don't really know what she looked like.
