Since 1956 Elie Wiesel, the best-known contemporary Holocaust writer and novelist, has produced (not counting translations) more than forty books, including testimony, novels, essays, memoirs, drama, poetry, Jewish legends, and portraits of biblical, Tal...

The work of a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Elie Wiesel's literature, most of which he wrote in French, is rooted in the horror of the Holocaust and devoted to the examination of the most fundamental moral issues. Although he has depicted events...

The work of a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Elie Wiesel's literature, most of which he wrote in French, is rooted in the horror of the Holocaust and devoted to the examination of the most fundamental moral issues. Although he has depicted events...

Paul Poiret was a pioneer in modern fashion, doing away with the corset and embracing the notion of personal style. He was among the first to use draping in dressmaking and he had no problem putting pants on women.So, how come so few people have...

They call themselves the forgotten refugees, dreaming of a land many have never seen _ Pakistan.Crowded into impoverished shanty camps across Bangladesh, they are remnants of the mass migration that accompanied the break-up of the Indian subcontinent along religious lines at independence from Britain in...

Herbert Muschamp turns 2 Columbus Circle into a relic of the forgotten New York of the 60's and 70's, when the city used to be gay. (The New York Times) Keeping tan through the winter just got "hella" easier. (Inman News) Americans are fat. Their...

Deep sea divers who complain that their health was ruined by Norway's thirst for offshore oil sued the government Monday, claiming it knowingly risked their lives in the name of profit.The cases brought by four so-called pioneer divers could be followed by a rash of...