To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

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Stan Lee called her his "greatest creation." Now JC Lee is on a quest to reclaim his empire — and live up to his legend.

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A portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant shows that there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor.

Aimee Semple McPherson took to the radio to spread the Gospel, but her mysterious disappearance cast a shadow on her ...

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A History of the World in Six Plagues" explores the racial and class inequalities linking infectious disease epidemics.

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Potential treatments need to be subject to the highest standards of safety and efficacy. Transplanting dopamine-releasing neurons into the brain is a promising regenerative therapy for Parkinson ...