Orson Scott Card

Call Me Ted by Ted Turner with Bill Burke (Grand Central, $30). Entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner tells his life story. You: Being Beautiful by Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press, $26.95). This follow-up to Roizen and Oz's...

Believe it or not, some of the best and most thought-provoking contemporary writing can be found in the science fiction/fantasy section of your local bookstores. Here are books and collections to get you started. J.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings...

Be afraid, conservatives. If you survived the victory speeches of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and allowed yourself to think, "Things can't get any worse," get over it. They can. Two years from now, terrorists under the banner of the "Progressive...

They were at that awkward age when the first book came out. Goofy grins, limbs too long, pouting about school-night bedtimes - the ideal target audience for a fantasy about magic and wizards and scary boarding schools. Now, seven years later, the first...

When Nikki Patin takes the stage, her voice mesmerizes a packed house at open mic night. And when Eboo Patel talks about his vision for a world where all religious people work for peace, it really seems possible. It's hard to pinpoint just what makes...

Imagine Harry Potter hovering on his broomstick high above a vast field. He's not scanning the horizon for a whizzing Snitch. He's not even playing Quidditch, the sport at which he excels. No, young Harry is waving and nodding to a cheering throng:...

In the aftermath of Tuesday's catastrophe, when people confronted with unmitigated horror reached for something within their experience to compare it with, the event most often cited was Pearl Harbor. The surface parallels were there. Almost certainly,...