Quixote's fame transcends literature
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It is considered by some to be the world's most widely distributed book after the Bible.
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Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's best-selling book, "100 Years of Solitude," has become required reading for high school students worldwide, but the title of his new work just might scare off a few educators.
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Zeno of Elea famously postulated his many paradoxes in defence of Parmenides' worldview: that all is "oneness," and pluralism is merely an illusion.    Of his forty paradoxes, the four most enduring have fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and regular pundits for millennia.    As one of the many pundits ensnared by Zeno's challenges, I will present my own analysis of arguably his most famous paradox of all: The race between Achilles and the tortoise.
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Celebrations for Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 80th birthday begin with a marathon reading.
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Mr. Rortyâs inventive work on philosophy, politics, literary theory and more made him one of the worldâs most influential contemporary thinkers.
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Bloody and brutal, the Aztecs produced powerful art. The Guggenheim offers the biggest survey ever
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.
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Jacques Derrida was the Algerian-born, French intellectual who became one of the most celebrated and unfathomable philosophers of the late 20th century.
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Two bridge books have received more press than any others this year.
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Cities on five continents will hold a series of cultural events next year in honor of Don Quixote, 400 years after Miguel de Cervantes brought the character to life, Spanish Culture Minister Carmen Calvo ...
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A traveling exhibition commemorates the innovative journalism from the period in the late 1930s when the literary elite descended on Spain.
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The Spanish region of Castille-La Mancha will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's novel, "Don Quixote" in 2005.
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Pages can scarcely contain the scope of Leonardo da VinciÂs mind.
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By Alistair Bell MEXICO CITY  - Latin American literary giantGabriel Garcia Marquez has won the last laugh on copyrightpirates by changing the ending of his latest book, the Nobellaureate's first novel in 10 years.
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Chinese publishers discover that online novel sales help move physical books off the shelves. And for a growing number of authors and readers, epic tales on the web are a thriving art form.
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The literary master's dazzling, dizzying 1,085-page new novel is not for those looking for a snack
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One of the world's most lauded - and most divisive - literary grandees is awarded a knighthood for services to literature.