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- 'How Music Got Free' chronicles the art of music theftStephen Witt offers a compulsively readable overview of the music industry and how it crumbled as music became free.
- Female author submits novel under man's name. You will totally believe what happens next.Writer聽Catherine Nichols submitted the opening pages to her novel to 50 literary agents under her own name, and then again using a man's name. Can you guess which name got more positive responses?
- Generosity united the South in the aftermath of 2011 superstorm鈥榃hat Stands in a Storm鈥 tells one woman's story in the face of the 2011 tornado that tore through Alabama and how social media allowed Southerners to rally and support one another.
- Why one bookstore is offering refunds on Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman'Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Mich., is offering customers who bought the newly released Harper Lee novel 'Go Set a Watchman' refunds because it says marketing for the highly anticipated volume was misleading.
- 'The Pope's Daughter' is Dario Fo's lively sketch of Lucrezia BorgiaFo's first novel paints his own vibrant picture around the much-contested real life of the controversial daughter of Pope Alexander VI.
- 'Ink and Bone' is an explosive YA book aimed at bookwormsRachel Caine unravels the secrets of the Library of Alexandria even as she spins an irresistible story.
- Bestselling books the week of 8/7/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- 10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks Here are 10 August must-reads suggested by the Monitor's book critics.
- 'Flood of Fire' brings the astounding, exceptional 'Ibis Trilogy' to a closeWar looms, then implodes, in 'Flood of Fire,' Ghosh鈥檚 spectacular 'Ibis' closer.
- 10 best books of August 2015, according to Amazon's editors What are the best books to be released as the end of summer nears? Here's the full list from Amazon.
- 'Barbarian Days' tells Bill Finnegan's story as surfer, traveler, and writerNew Yorker writer William Finnegan traveled the globe in search of the perfect wave.
- How one Muslim turned a childhood of bullying into a popular children's book seriesAmin Aaser was a teenager living in Minnesota when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. He doesn't want other Muslim children to face the bullying that he experienced.
- 'Go Set a Watchman' is an odd follow-up to its classic sisterAs rough as this novel is, readers will thrill to Lee鈥檚 sly humor and vivid storytelling.
- 'Nagasaki' is a compelling, unflinching account of life after nuclear warSusan Southard presents the story of the Nagasaki bombing from the perspectives of five teenage survivors.
- Man Booker Prize selections: Americans dominate the longlistMarilynne Robinson, a novelist who was shortlisted for the Man Booker International prize in 2011 and 2013, is on the longlist with her novel 'Lila.' She's one of several American writers to make the cut.
- 'Palimpsest' beautifully charts the history of writingRich with captivating anecdotes and deep historical knowledge, Matthew Battles' exhilarating new book takes us from cuneiform tablets to the digital era.
- Books Bestselling books the week of 7/26/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- 'The Dying Grass' magnificently dramatizes the almost forgotten Nez Perce warWilliam T. Vollmann brings vibrant new life to the collisions between the US Army and the聽Nez Perce.聽
- 'Circling the Sun' takes readers on a flight with Beryl Markham'Circling the Sun' by bestselling author Paula McLain ('The Paris Wife') elaborates on the life of another fascinating woman.
- Pleasure Cruise: Two Summer ReadsTwo books to sweeten your summer: "The Rocks" by Peter Nichols and "Man at the Helm" by Nina Stibbe.