Ignatz Isaac Bick was a scholar and rabbi in Frankfurt, Germany when the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s. He and his wife Mira saw their chance to leave the country and shipped their possessions to the port of Hamburg, then migrated to England.

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After 70 years, Nazi-looted books returned

Book review: John Vaillant's "The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival" tells the mesmerizing true-life story of the hunt for a man-killing Siberian tiger. Vaillant, the Canadian author who wrote the acclaimed 2005 book "The Golden Spruce," discusses his book this week at Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Co.

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'The Tiger': John Vaillant's mesmerizing tale of a man-eating tiger, vengeance and survival

After slashing the listing price on the Frank Lloyd Wright textile=block house in the past two years from $7,733,000 to $4,995,000 and not finding a buyer, Crosby Doe says he's "talking to an international art dealer with Japanese art-collector clients who might be interested in buying the house."

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Landmark Frank Lloyd Wright houses languish on the market

Rarely are works of literature put to song: books are often made into movies, plays, even television shows, but rarely does an artist make an album in tribute.

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Nicole’s Book Nook

Backbeat Books have announced the first volume of a comprehensive two book set on Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Comprehensive Stevie Ray Vaughan Book Series Launching in September

With celebrity gossip sites buzzing over Angelina Jolie's comment that her 4-year-old daughter, Shiloh, wants to be a boy, media reports spotlighting rare cases of transgender children and even children's books beginning to tackle the issue, concerned parents are sifting through a lot of contradictory information.

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When kids cross the gender divide

Renovations in the Robert W. Woodruff Library commenced last week to allow for the expansion of the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) and the consolidation of the three help desks on the second floor.

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Library Changes to Increase Efficiency, Officials Say

Strong retail sales growth and reports of improving demand for industrial exports provided a rare ray of sunshine for the British economy yesterday. Last month's retail sales were up 2.8 per cent by value, and 1.3 per cent by volume, compared with July last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed.

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Britain's shoppers provide rare glimpse of economic sunshine

Strong retail sales growth and reports of improving demand for industrial exports provided a rare ray of sunshine for the British economy yesterday. Last month's retail sales were up 2.8 per cent by value, and 1.3 per cent by volume, compared with July last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed.

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Britain's shoppers provide rare glimpse of economic sunshine

Strong retail sales growth and reports of improving demand for industrial exports provided a rare ray of sunshine for the British economy yesterday.

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Britain's shoppers provide rare glimpse of economic sunshine