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Uzbekistan has approved a law that allows prisoners to reduce their jail sentences by up to 30 days per year, by reading several books, included on a special list. But the educative exercise is not an option for all inmates.

American novelists have often imagined presidents who seize power and defy the courts. Their lessons are sobering

If you’re lucky enough to have escaped to sunny shores of late, chances are your colleagues will have complimented you upon your return on your summer glow. Yet tanning as a fashionable practice is both a relatively recent historical phenomenon and one that varies according to place. In fact, sunbathing…

Hints of early Jim Jarmusch in Babak Jalali’s dreamy fourth feature, with fine supporting turns from The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Gregg Turkington

A good book can transport us to magical places.

Jack Whitehall's girlfriend Roxy gets to be the only person who has a say on his jokes which include details of their private life and health concerns

Hankering for outdoor experiences that offer the wonder of the past? Try California, home to the largest state park system in the country, including about 50 that are designated as historic. Here are some historic state parks you might want to visit, all within striking distance of the Bay Area.

After writing books about his father and his mother, Blake Morrison swore he didn’t have another memoir in him. Then his younger sister died, and he couldn’t escape the urge to tell her story

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