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Of all the gifts that a parent can give a child, one of the most important is a simple, loving touch. Babies who are deprived of human touch, such as those who spend their early years in understaffed orphanages, display profound abnormalities. Their growth is stunted, and they’re slow to gain cognitive and motor skills.

The photographer Reinier Gerritsen captures the reading habits of New York’s subway riders.

Ms. McCullough’s novel, set against the sweeping panorama of her native Australia, became one of the most-watched mini-series of all time.

Danielle Annett, author of Cursed by Fire, book one in her Blood & Magic series, shares what goes on in an author's mind when she's building a paranormal and/or fantasy world.        

First novel revolves around a happily married woman and a photo from her past.        

Before his chat with fans, Dean Koontz answers our questions.        

HEA is thrilled to share an exclusive excerpt from Jeaniene Frost's Night Prince No. 3, Bound by Flames.        

Carla Neggers joins HEA to share a favorite scene from her new Echo Lake (available today!), book four in her Swift River Valley series.        

Laura Griffin, author of Beyond Limits (out Tuesday!), explores why SEALs are so great at wooing us in romances.        

Colonists thought the New World was a place to be discovered. It was also a place where they discovered themselves as Americans.

Hayley Haldeman had only mild interest in attending the College of William and Mary. But she went on a college visit there anyway, compelled even as a high school student to trace the path of a cherished “friend” she had been thinking about since childhood.

The Underground Railroad figured prominently in the politics of slavery and freedom in antebellum America. Yet it has confounded modern historians, who have tended either to exaggerate its scope or to dismiss it as largely mythological. In his carefully argued new book, Eric Foner aims to set the record straight.

A new study that created lab-grown human skeletal muscles may hasten the day when doctors can tailor drugs and doses to individuals.

Magers & Quinn still has some open slots for interested readers.