In the wise words of Jane Austen, “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of ...

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of wordplay and conscious undermining of literary formats he popularized.

In a world dominated by sight, it’s worth asking: “What fascinating sounds are out there if we just ‘open’ our ears?” British acoustic engineer Cox, an interior acoustics expert and enthusiastic ...

Ben Shattuck's collection of short stories "The History of Sound" is now out. (Author photo courtesy Andreas Burgess; book cover courtesy Penguin Random House) If you are not in the habit of reading ...

Most lists of the world’s wonders include visually stunning attractions — the Grand Canyon or the pyramids of Giza, for example. Yet there’s more to life than meets the eye, as acoustic engineer ...