Kings and queens have acquired some strange names, some complimentary, some derogatory, and some downright rude.

There is a kind of books for which a reader can never be too old. Here is a list of classics and not so classics to rediscover from the adult point of view.

Some saints traveled to Heaven by way of an illumined path. Others, no less holy, journeyed in darkness. These saints teach us how to bear with doubts.