On the 100th anniversary of the explorer's death, here's what you need to know about his short life & great impact

Scott Sutherland reviews 'The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition' by Caroline Alexander and 'A First-Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole' by Diana Preston.

Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks

Ted Williams has been decapitated, and I'm not feeling so well myself. Plus: Bill Clinton can't keep his mind on baseball. And: The jock translator.

V.S. Pritchett's brilliant biography captures the humanity of both its subject and his writing

Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary, Holly Hunter and Jack Black lead an all (indie) star cast in a barbiturate-driven noir.

Edward Neuert reviews the book "The Song Of The DoDo" by David Quammen.

Astronaut Scott Kelly found that while 93 percent of his DNA returned to normal after coming home, 7 percent didn't

Our Illinois public high school blithely flew the Confederate flag for years. Then demographics began to change

The National Society of Film Critics honors Lynch's Hollywood tale, Altman's "Gosford Park" and Gene Hackman.

The swimmer makes history -- but it's her disappointments we can learn from

The brutal honesty that makes his podcast brilliant also powers his memoir. The audio version adds amazing outtakes

A new oral biography takes on the beloved comic's life, and the self-destructiveness that led to his death

The best-selling author talks about introducing his new, hand-picked lineup of favorite books to American ears

Navy tests ocean drones in Rhode Island's placid Narragansett Bay