Capital in the Twenty-First Century by French economist Thomas Piketty has attracted praise and invective alike on its way to the top of the Amazon.com books best-seller list.
Muya music might already be lost if Yang Hua had not given up her job as a mathematics teacher.
In 2009, Alexander S. White, a former Universal Music Group intern, co-founded a company called Next Big Sound that analyzed vast amounts of data about musicians-from Twitter activity to Wikipedia searches to radio appearances-and showed how it affected sales.
In December 2013, she inspired millions with her TED Talk online. Now Lizzie Velasquez, once called" the world's ugliest woman", hopes to reach an even wider audience through an anti-bullying documentary about her story.
China's alcohol culture was the first thing Warren Peltier came into contact with when he arrived in the country in 2006.
"When friends come from afar, isn't it a delight?" said Confucius some 2,500 years ago. If the great thinker were still alive today, he would have been delighted to see that people from across the world have gathered in his hometown, discussing the value of Confucianism while exploring the path toward a harmonious world.
Grammy award winning jazz singer Dianne Reeves says sharing songs and poetry helped ease racial tensions as she was growing up in the United States at a time when segregation was coming to an end.
Shepherd Suo Ri speaks to a wild snow leopard, the animal he has been following for five years.
The hero of a new audiobook is introduced as he lies in bed, trying to sleep on a frigid day in 1601.
Burberry is one brand that's proud to be a paradox. The British label is best known for its trench coat that was developed at the turn of the 20th century, yet it is now the fashion world's leader in digital innovation.
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