TEHRAN - September marks the birthday of one of Iran's most distinguished scientific figures, Abu Rayhan Biruni (Al-Biruni), who made significant contributions to the advancement of human sciences.

Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and Ibn Sina illustrate the region’s cosmopolitanism and ingenuity. While being grounded in ...

The Central Asian polymath Al-Biruni wrote more than a hundred books, among them a detailed anthropology of India and a study titled The Exhaustive Treatise on Shadows. (Al-Biruni observed that ...

With the plunder acquired from his raids into India, Mahmud made Ghazni a great cultural center, home to an extensive library and scholars such as Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a mathematician and ...

Written as a series of self-aggrandizing bromides, his book—with its title's nod to Dr. Seuss's... Al Franken, Author, read by the author. High Bridge $24.95 (, unabridged, three CDs ...

Roker (Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue ) teams with Lochte (Sleeping Dog ) on a solid, exciting crime novel that revolves around a fictional TV program much like NBC's The Today Show ...

Two new books by psychologists explore the roots of group identity, arguing that it is natural and potentially useful — even in polarized times. Slim and full of obfuscations, her memoir touches ...

Al recently shared a series of Instagram posts to break down his point of view and hopefully get an investigation started following the release of Porter's book, one he calls "fictitious." ...

By Alexandra Jacobs The actor and renowned foodie talks about his eating habits and his food diary, and we look at the fiction and nonfiction titles up for the National Book Award. These ...

Al B Sure!. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock Amazon and the mysterious publisher of a sketchy book claiming to be the late Kim Porter’s memoir have been sent a cease-and-desist letter from ...

October 14, 2024 • Betsy Lerner's debut novel weaves together the ordinary and the erratic to tell the story of a middle-class Jewish family whose suburban life is turned upside down by mental ...

In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back? In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less ...