Matthew Adams breaks down the difference between the active and passive voice, including which is better. Plus, Adams shares ...

After she was killed, colleagues ensured publication of her unfinished book. By Rebecca Donner In Michelle de Kretser’s new novel, a young graduate student gets caught in the gap between ...

Nestled in the heart of Honolulu’s vibrant Kaka’ako district, BOOKOFF stands as a beacon for book lovers and bargain hunters ...

The cover of the picture book "Ruraru-san no Hondana" (Mainichi/Risa Koshiba) "Ruraru-san no Hondana," written and illustrated by Hiroshi Ito (Published by Poplar Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005 ...

“Don’t end a sentence with a preposition” is one of English grammar’s most infamous rules—but it turns out you don’t actually have to follow it. On this latest episode of The List ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball.

Grammar is the system for organising a language ... However, a subject, object, verb (SOV) structure is also very common and Japanese, Hindi and Korean are some of the languages that use ...

The five books in Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold series are set in an old, below-ground café called Funiculi Funicula that offers patrons the chance to travel back in time.

Japanese culture offers numerous habits for a balanced lifestyle. By borrowing these simple yet effective habits from Japanese culture, anyone can improve their relationship with food and prevent ...

A one-stop shop for wagyu, sashimi, and all the Japanese snacks you could dream of is now open in Tysons. Marufuji, a spinoff of a small family-owned grocery chain that started in Connecticut, offers ...

In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.