Topic: Joseph Heller

San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban public nudity (+video)

In response to complaints from constituents, San Francisco lawmakers voted to ban public nakedness. Opponents to the measure cite concerns about freedom of expression. Another vote and the mayor's signature are needed before the new law could take effect.  

Iron Curtain

You won't find a better book about the beginnings of the Cold War than this National Book Award-nominated study by Anne Applebaum.

10 tell-alls by children with famous parents

Martha Stewart's daughter Alexis has recently published Whateverland: Learning to Live Here, a non-too-flattering book detailing her life with the domestic queen. Stewart is just the latest in a long line of children to publish memoirs about their lives with famous parents – some complimentary, others less so. The veracity of several have been called into question by family members or other doubters.

Banned Books Week: Join the virtual Read-Out protest on YouTube

The American Library Association urges users to read from banned or challenged books on YouTube.

British readers select the 10 funniest books ever

The rigors of a Russian at war

A young conscript vividly describes how combat made him a hardened veteran.

The rigors of a Russian at war

A young conscript vividly describes how combat made him a hardened veteran.