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How one Minnesota town took up arms against robber Jesse JamesThis week, the town of Northfield, Minn. is honoring the 138th anniversary of the robbery of the聽Northfield First National Bank, which became the final holdup of the James and Younger gang.
Bestseller 'Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book' gets a holiday follow-upDiane Muldrow's guide to life 'Golden' became a bestseller and there's now an installment for the holidays.
Facebook's 'books that stayed with you' meme: Here are the top picksFacebook recently revealed some of the books that users picked most often when participating in a meme about what books 'stayed with you.'聽
'Liar Temptress Soldier Spy' finds thrills and chills in Civil War historyFour women 鈥� two Union sympathizers and two proud Rebels 鈥� served their causes in surprising fashions during the US Civil War.
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Bestselling books the week of 9/11/14, according to IndieBound*What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Man Booker Prize: Two American writers make the cut for the shortlistIn addition to the American contenders Karen Joy Fowler for 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves' and Joshua Ferris of 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,' other nominees include Richard Flanagan for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' and Ali Smith for 'How to Be Both.'
Leo Tolstoy's life was imagined in the film 'The Last Station'Those who may have remembered Leo Tolstoy only from high school classes got a new portrait of him in the Oscar-nominated movie 'The Last Station,' starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren.
'The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,' by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns, makes a gorgeous companion to the PBS seriesTheodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt believed that they could do great things 鈥� and succeeded more often than not.
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Margaret Atwood's latest work to be released in 2114Through the Future Library project, Atwood's newest work will be hidden for 100 years and finally printed in 2114.
Author says he's discovered Jack the Ripper's identityRussell Edwards, author of 'Naming Jack the Ripper,' claims DNA findings confirm who was responsible for the crimes attributed to the serial killer.
'On Tocqueville' examines the life and work of one of America's most prescient observersAlexis de Tocqueville was only 25 when he visited the United States in 1831 but his book remains influential to this day.聽
'World Order' by Henry Kissinger is spellbinding and convincing 鈥� when it isn't frustrating and contradictoryKissinger is a thinker of the first order who lays out cool, careful, and sometimes brilliant principles 鈥� only to ignore them when it suits his purposes.
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Football books: from the Seattle Seahawks to Nick SabanHere are some of the best titles to check out as the season begins.
'Gone Girl': What the movie's writer and director say about the film's ending'Gone Girl' director David Fincher spoke with the press about the movie's 'whole new third act.' But some early viewers disagree, saying that the movie's ending closely resembles that of the book.
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' celebrate 50th anniversariesBoth children's stories have been adapted for the screen and the stage.
10 best books of September: the Monitor's picksHere are 10 of the new September, 2014, book releases most highly recommended by the Monitor's critics.
Joan Rivers 鈥� bibliophile? Oh yes, very much soJoan Rivers was not only a bestselling author, but also an avid reader of some pretty serious volumes.
