Taking in a climate-changed world

Mysteries of these lush, exotic South Pacific islands are revealed by a horny anthropologist, a stricken war veteran and a curious young novelist.

This North Carolina corner of Appalachia offers an unexpected range of traditional riches.

A doctor, educator, human rights activist and mother, Habiba Sarabi longs for a chance to work -- legally -- back home in Afghanistan.

Six domestic coal companies have filed for bankruptcy in 2015 alone, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake

This livable, futuristic, far West outpost of our continent has been a home for writers from Alice Munro to Douglas Coupland.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake and tsunami decimated the city of Palu in Central Sulawesi late last month

A profile of Charles Frazier, author of "Cold Mountain."

Once again, an Austrian man stands accused of holding women hostage and raping them for years on end

C.J. Sullivan encounters a mystical man in Ireland's Sligo County, who teaches him about fairies, monks, Yeats and giants.

Alvin York's actions in WWI made him a hero. His diary showed America what modern war was really like

Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review.

Stephanie Zacharek reviews Kenneth Silverman's book "Houdini!!!: The Career of Erich Weiss".