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'A Full Life': Jimmy Carter writes againAt 90, Carter looks back on a remarkable life.- How much do you know about literature by and about immigrants? Try our quiz!
How much do you know about literature by and about immigrants, old and new? Test your melting pot, tossed salad, multi-culti, all-American literary knowledge here 鈥� from A to Z!
How comic books are combating extremism in PakistanThe graphic novel 'The Guardian' represents a growing trend in which soft power and civil society initiatives are increasingly being leveraged to fight extremism.
'Uprooted' is the rare book that makes magic feel magicalDragons, enchanted woods, brave young women, and a twisty plot make it impossible to put this book down.- 10 best books of July: the Monitor's picks Here are the new July book releases that the Monitor's book critics liked best.
'The House Tells the Story' offers a personal tour of 15 presidential homes'The House Tells the Story' is a beautifully illustrated coffee table book that takes us into the personal spaces of former US presidents.
Why Malta will be the hottest new setting for crime bestsellersMalta is poised to be featured in upcoming crime novels thanks to a very original tourism promotion scheme.
'Terrorists at the Table' urges the US to negotiate with its enemiesFormer Chief of Staff for Tony Blair Jonathan Powell says we must talk and negotiate with our enemies. Bloviating politicians to the contrary, says Powell, we have repeatedly done so throughout history and will continue to do so.
10 best books of July 2015, according to Amazon's editors Here's what Amazon staff named as the best titles to be released this month.
'Six and a Half Deadly Sins': an evocative return to the Laos of Siri PaibounThe latest installment of Colin Cotterill's 'Siri Paiboun' mystery series includes a beguiling trip north.
Apple loses appeal on e-book price-fixing case, will pay $450 millionAn appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that Apple violated antitrust laws to upset Amazon's control of the e-book market.聽
Bestselling books the week of 7/02/15, according to IndieBound* Created by the 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. Check out the full IndieBound list below.
'In the Country' tells tales from the Filipino diasporaMia Alvar's debut short story collection portrays nine different lives, connected through memories of their home country.
鈥楥lay Water Brick鈥� explores the spirit of entrepreneurshipKiva founder Jessica Jackley鈥檚 memoir is an inspiring tale of one woman's drive to help others succeed.
'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child': What will it be about?'Potter' author J.K. Rowling recently revealed more details about the new play about the boy wizard that's opening in London in 2016. What will the story of the new play be?
12 sports books make a summer reading potluck These 12 books range from the story of a family of baseball catchers to a tribute to the knuckleball to an introspective exploration by a woman rower and beyond. Together they offer a summer full of good reading.
June 27: possibly the spookiest date in literatureJune 27, in Shirley Jackson鈥檚 1948 short story, 鈥淭he Lottery,鈥� is the date when residents of a seemingly quaint small town gather to participate in a ritual act of violence.
'The Bront毛 Cabinet' sets the three fabled sisters in contextBiographer Deborah Lutz builds connections between cultural history, fiction, and the actual lives of the Bront毛s.
Reader Recommendation: Louise Catherine:The Other Mrs. AdamsMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
'Pirate Hunters' tells a compellingly true tale of a lost pirate shipOff the coast of the Dominican Republic lies the 'Golden Fleece,' a legendary pirate ship. Two men launch a dangerous journey to find it.
