Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. li> 1. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after ...

ARIEL MITROPOULOS JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH HER EXCLUSIVE REPORTING. MONICA, WE SAT DOWN WITH JONATHAN COOPER LAST WEEK. HE SAYS THIS BOOK WAS MEANT TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, AND THAT NO ONE HAS EVER TOLD ...

North Iraq -- Alqosh-based Syriac language teacher Athra Kado has released a new educational book, designed for teaching preschoolers the Assyrian language. Designed in a simple style that ...

The Vatican Publishing House published Nov. 20 a new Italian-language book by Pope Leo XIV titled “The Power of the Gospel: The Christian Faith in 10 Words,” a compilation of the pontiff’s speeches ...

The Vatican Publishing House published Nov. 20 a new Italian-language book by Pope Leo XIV titled The Power of the Gospel: The Christian Faith in 10 Words, a compilation of the Pontiff’s speeches and ...

His voice reveals, above all, the gratitude he feels toward his friend, Pope Leo XIV. From this friendship, forged over more than three decades, comes the Spanish-language book “From Robert to Leo,” ...

For something that happens mostly alone and in silence, reading can be surprisingly intimate. Our favorite books reveal our interests, inspire the way we think, and offer storylines and fantasies we ...

JavaScript’s low bar to entry has resulted in one of the richest programming language ecosystems in the world. This month’s report celebrates the bounty, while also highlighting a recent example of ...

If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat. Or attend to a pot that’s boiling over.

Language is one of the few faculties that still seems to be uniquely human. Other animals, like chimpanzees and songbirds, have developed elaborate communication systems, but none appears to convey ...