While Renaissance Books carries thousands of well-known used books, there's no shortage of rarities within the store.

Not so many sports in the country can boast of having a national champion in their teenage years. But lovers of chess can lay claim to that tag through teenage sensation Tersee Ferdinand.The ...

In a world where bookstores are increasingly rare treasures, this literary wonderland stands as a defiant monument to the printed word, housing over 300,000 used and rare books, manuscripts, and maps.

Why is there a Jewish practice to bury prayer books and other texts that contain God's name? A rabbi offers the mystical ...

The result of a decade of research, Clockwork Basilisk is a comprehensive, two-volume history of the rare revolvers that ...

Baoguo Temple Old Book Market in Xicheng district, Beijing, is one such venue. Open from 9 am to 6 pm every Saturday and ...

Spectator YEREVAN — How can a country like Armenia — surrounded by external threats — consistently educate and shape ...

This Dallas-based press has been publishing international books for 12 years. Among its latest releases is this novel from ...

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By the summer of 1957, Ray Stokes, an expert in ‘little matters like burglary, trickery, and cruelty,’ has become the most skilled cat burglar for Chicago mob boss Walter Cartwell.

But chess players said the game has long been played here — except when the Taliban first came to power in 1996 — and banned chess, for the first time, said John Butt, an Islamic scholar who ...

Girls play in a 2021 chess competition in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of the northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. Girls and women had been encouraged to learn the game — until the Taliban took ...