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- Reader recommendation: Marmee & LouisaMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Bestselling books the week of 1/24/13, according to IndieBound*What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Libraries are still vibrant, say Americans 鈥 but need to keep upLibraries are 'important' to their communities, say 91 percent of Americans in a Pew survey, but they need more e-books and more programs for children.
San Antonio plans one of the nation's first bookless librariesThe $1.5-million San Antonio library 鈥 which will have computers, tablets, and e-readers, but no paper books 鈥 will be like 'an Apple store.'
The PineconeJenny Uglow has created a graceful historical narrative about a forgotten 19th-century heroine/visionary.
A Memory of LightNo fan of Jordan's work will want to miss this sprawling series-ender. But it is not a book to read out of context.
Whole Foods' John Mackey speaks out against Obamacare while promoting his new bookMackey's book, 'Conscious Capitalism,' discusses how he practices responsible business with Whole Foods.
'A Memory of Light' tops bestseller lists despite e-book furorFans angry over a delayed e-book release for the finale in Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series have given the book one-star ratings on Amazon.- Reader recommendation: Major Pettigrew's Last StandMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Kobo doubles sales in a crowded e-reader marketKobo reported that its sales for e-readers doubled from 2011 to 2012, with gains of almost 150 percent in December.
The Barbarous YearsPulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn's book on the early settling of America is authoritative as well as entertaining.- Reader recommendation: Proof of HeavenMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Michelle Obama: 10 quotes on her birthdayCheck out these quotes by America's First Lady on her 49th birthday.
The Big Truck That Went ByWhy have well-intentioned foreigners done so little for post-quake Haiti?
New book 'Unhitched' puts writer Christopher Hitchens on trialThe book by political activist and writer Richard Seymour was released today.
An unexpected discovery yields a charming children's bookHow two gallery owners found 'Rhoda's Ocean' 鈥 an unpublished children's book hiding under a pile of laundry.
"A Memory of Light": A longtime fan remembers the journeyThe two decades-long wait is over: The final installment of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" series hit bookstores this week.- Reader recommendation: Lives Like Loaded GunsMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Anne Hathaway will star in a film version of 'Taming of the Shrew'According to The Wrap, the 'Les Mis' star will next star in a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's comedy.
Bestselling books the week of 1/17/13, according to IndieBound*What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
