Y es—oh, dear, yes —the novel tells a story,” E. M. Forster wrote. “I wish that it was not so.” Julian Barnes has confessed ...

New Historical and Contemporary Fiction Novel Challenges Perceptions of Family Drama and Shared History NH, UNITED ...

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The Buddha's Four Noble Truths offer a timeless framework for understanding and overcoming life's inherent suffering. These truths identify the problem of dissatisfaction, its root in craving, the ...

Deep within India, Prince Siddhartha has cast away all his belongings, power, and family. Seeking the answers to the woes of mankind. Here he sits under the bodhi tree in deep meditation, on the cusp ...

Chicago’s bookstore scene is getting a major boost. According to NBC Chicago, Barnes & Noble plans to open four new locations across the city of Chicago and its suburbs, signaling a continued revival ...

Barnes & Noble will open four new bookstores in the Chicago area by summertime, including a flagship location downtown on State Street, part of a national move to revive its brick-and-mortar retail ...

Gautama Buddha, also known simply as the Buddha, was a spiritual teacher and philosopher who lived in the Indian subcontinent around the 5th century BCE. Born as Siddhartha Gautama into a royal family ...

Gaffin is an infectious disease physician in New Jersey. Recently, a former patient contacted me about his wife. “She had a recent stroke which has caused cognitive decline along with slow-growing ...