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Bestselling books the week of 10/20/15, according to IndieBound* Created by the聽American Booksellers Association, the IndieBound bestseller list uses data from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States to determine which books are flying fastest off the shelves on any given week.
4 baseball books to lure late-season readers For fans who dread the post-season's end, here are four baseball books to enjoy deep into winter.
'Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3': rambling, cantankerous, funny 鈥� and sadIn addition to humor and raw partisanship, the book is punctuated with moments of great darkness.
'The Tsar of Love and Techno' connects Russian characters from the Caucasus to SiberiaThe author of 'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena' returns with a set of short stories that link to his award-winning debut.
'Gold Fame Citrus' is a love story set in tomorrow's parched CaliforniaThe future is thirsty in this novel of an attempted escape from a drought-ravaged California.
Oldest King James Bible draft discovered: Did translators work alone?The earliest-known draft of the King James Bible offers clues to understanding how the volume was put together.聽
Bestselling books the week of 10/13/15, according to IndieBound* Created by the聽American Booksellers Association, the IndieBound bestseller list uses data from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States to determine which books are flying fastest off the shelves on any given week.
'Empire of Self': a wonderful, moving biography of Gore VidalGore Vidal accomplished more in a typical decade than most people do in a lifetime.
Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize and finalists for National Book AwardsA Jamaican-born writer took the Man Booker Prize for the first time, while some authors are in the running for the National Book Award in America.
Harry Potter鈥檚 long spellIt's been several years since the last book in the 'Potter' series was published, but judging by the fervor of fans, the boy wizard isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
How Memphis gave us 鈥楳ain Street of Black America鈥�Music historian Preston Lauterbach talks about Memphis and its unique place in America's music and history of race relations.
鈥榃hen Clouds Fell from the Sky鈥� sheds new light on a dark period in Cambodia鈥檚 historyJournalist Robert Carmichael examines the nearly four-year period of Khmer Rouge rule through a family's search for a loved one who disappeared into the regime鈥檚 secretive prison system, never to be seen again.
鈥楳 Train鈥� follows Patti Smith as she slips beguilingly between present and pastSmith is so charming and unpretentious a writer that her rambles carry more than their weight in words.
'Doomed to Succeed' examines the complicated, ambivalent US-Israel bondIn this well researched history Ross meticulously chronicles the bumpy ride that the two nations have taken together since 1948.
'Undermajordomo Minor' is an imaginative fairytale marred by small imprecisionsThe latest novel from the author of 'The Sisters Brothers' tells the story of an enigmatic Baron in a language all its own.
First LookNobel for Literature honors 'monument to suffering and courage'Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich's canon chronicles life during and after the Soviet Union.
'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights' is Salman Rushdie's clanky meditation on faithIn Rushdie's murky new novel, characters from two worlds 鈥� the mundane and human and the supernatural 鈥� set off an era of chaos that lead to the end of religion and its most destructive side effects.
Nobel prize for literature: Who is Svetlana Alexievich?Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.聽Her first novel, "The Unwomanly Face of the War," published in 1985 and about the untold stories of women who had fought against Nazi Germany.
Author James Patterson wants to give holiday bonuses to booksellersPatterson says he got the idea of offering holiday bonuses from applications he receives for bookstore grants.
'Twilight': A look at the new work in the series by Stephenie MeyerStephanie Meyer has released a new version of her 'Twilight' story in which the genders of her main characters Bella and Edward are swapped. The new take on the narrative debuted with the tenth anniversary rerelease of the 'Twilight' novel.
