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Do book lovers live longer?Regular book reading appears to promote a 'significant survival advantage,' says a Yale University study.
'To the Bright Edge of the World' hauntingly portrays Alaskan wildernessEowyn Ivey's second novel set in Alaska in 1885 follows a married couple into parallel tribulations, as he explores the wilderness and she faces a difficult pregnancy.
How Jimmy Carter became the best ex-presidentDepressed and isolated after his loss to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election, Carter found a new mission and changed the world
'How the Post Office Created America' is a love letter to an institution in perilGallagher argues that far from merely聽existing as an important part of American society, the post office actually shaped American history and聽did much to create the United States that we know today.
Bestselling books the week of Aug.11, 2016, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
'The Underground Railroad' tells a disturbingly real story of slaveryNovelist Colson Whitehead depicts the perversions and horrors of slavery in 19th-century America through the story of the multiple escape attempts of a woman named Cora.- How much do you know about young adult novels?
From supernatural romance to intergalactic and post-apocalyptic adventures, young adult novels are some of the hottest and bestselling literary works in the world today. Let's see how much you know about these page-turners.聽
Why am I always hungry when I read?I have come to connect reading with food 鈥� a bond that grows particularly strong in summer.
'Lions' is an evocative novel of place, set on the brooding frontierPretty Leigh Ransom and handsome Gordon Walker are in love and planning to head soon to college. But can anyone really leave a town like Lions?
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鈥楬ave you no sense of decency?' - who said it first and whyAs Trump faces fire, a look back at the words that shook Joseph McCarthy.
'I Shot the Buddah' revisits Siri Paiboun, solving crimes in late 1970s Laos'I Shot the Buddha' has a chewy heft, in the fine tradition of its 10 siblings in the 'Siri Paiboun' series: history, geopolitics, chromatic characters, genus loci, the human condition, and the pilgrim鈥檚 progress.
10 best books of August 2016, according to Amazon's editors What are the best books to be released as summer winds down? Check out Amazon's picks.
Explosive sales for newest 'Harry Potter' tale: 2 million and countingHarry Potter's appeal continues, with huge sales numbers coming out from the release of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,' a book version of the script used in the West End play.
'Winning Arguments' brings political rhetoric to daily lifeStanley Fish鈥檚 odd little book is not a study of rhetoric so much as a defense of his view that reality聽is聽rhetoric.
Bestselling books the week of 8/02/16, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
What J.K. Rowling said about Harry Potter post-'Cursed Child'Rowling spoke about her plans for Harry Potter following the premiere of the play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,' which depicts Harry and his family years after the events of the original books and films.
When they're shooting police in my hometown, can I go on reading?Flannery聽O鈥機onnor once said that, 'in the long run, a people is known, not by its statements and statistics, but by the stories it tells.'
5 surprising facts about the Patty Hearst kidnapping sagaA new book chronicles the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and its stunning aftermath.
'The Return' details Hisham Matar鈥檚 quest to discover his kidnapped fatherIn 2012, Libyan novelist Hisham Matar was finally able to return to his native country to try to learn the fate of his father.
