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5 literary passages to celebrate summer 2015 This week marks the official start of summer, 2015. Here to salute the new season, are five great passages about summer from writers past and present.
10 new baseball books for summer reading In North America, the baseball season is a marathon, stretching from April to late October, a full seven months. It lures many publishers to feed the public appetite for books about the sport, especially during the heart of the season. These selections are among the latest varied offerings.
'In A Dark Wood' takes a professor of Italian from inferno to paradisoWith the help of Dante and his redoubtable Italian-American mother, a widower and brand new father finds his way back to the light.
In 2018, this publisher will only release books by women. Here's why.After attending a panel discussion on 'The Crisis of American Fiction,' in which an all-male panel discussed only male authors for an entire hour, author Kamila Shamsie began to research the dearth of women in publishing and literary fiction.- How much do you know about women in literature?
From the oldest novel to the youngest Booker Prize-winner, from poetry to twitterature, from Alabama to Zimbabwe, women writers have added immeasurable diversity and enhanced the quality of what can be found on bookshelves worldwide. How much do you know about literature by women through the centuries?
'The Cost of Courage' profiles a heroic family of French Resistance fightersCharles Kaiser relies on an old family friendship to unearth stirring stories of the brave French who risked their all to oppose the Nazis.
What inspired that excruciating 'walk of shame' scene in 鈥楪ame of Thrones鈥�?The roots of Cersei Lannister鈥檚 horrific walk of shame in last Sunday's season finale of HBO's 'Game of Thrones' series, says author George R.R. Martin, lie in a real-life medieval spectacle
Bestselling books the week of 6/18/15, 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.
Kent Haruf: the most unusual writing method in America?The late Kent Haruf blinded himself while composing his novels. But the result 鈥� his last work, 'Out Souls at Night' included 鈥� was anything but erratic.
'Girl at War' unravels a heart-rending story on war and identitySara Novi膰's highly personalized story of one girl's grappling with her traumatic past and comprehension of war in the Balkans and the U.S.
Before Rachel Dolezal, there was Walter WhiteThe man known as 'Mr. NAACP' was blonde, blue-eyed and 5/32nd black, all of which provoked an outcry similar to that over contemporary NAACP official Rachel Dolezal.
'Ruby on the Outside' takes a sensitive look at a child dealing with her mother's incarcerationThis lovely story about a girl coping with her mother's prison sentence will speak to anyone who's ever felt on the outside looking in.
Christopher Lee: How a new generation learned about him with 'Lord of the Rings'Lee portrayed evil wizard Saruman in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, which was released between 2001 and 2003, as well as the later 'Hobbit' films. He was a big fan of the book series himself and recalled how those on set would ask him obscure 'Rings' questions. 'They never caught me out 鈥� not once!' he said.
'The Ever After of Ashwin Rao' explores grief that lingers long after the bombing of an airlinerAlmost two decades after his sister and her two children die in a terrorist attack, an academic goes looking for answers.
Meet the new US poet laureate: Juan Felipe HerreraJuan Felipe聽Herrera is the first Hispanic poet to be appointed to the position.聽
'Under the Same Sky' vividly describes a North Korean's incredible journey to the USJoseph Kim found his way from hunger and chaos in North Korea to life as a college student in New York City.
'Awesome [Stuff] my Drill Sergeant Said' offers boot camp wisdom and humorAuthor and soldier Dan Caddy aims to bring basic training stories to civilians even as he gives soldiers and vets a way to connect.
4 golf books that deliver the goods Here are four new golf books you don't want to miss.
Vincent Bugliosi, Manson prosecutor and bestselling writer, diesBugliosi prosecuted Charles Manson and his female followers and later wrote books that included 'Helter Skelter,' his account of the Manson Family, as well as 'Till Death Do Us Part' and 'And The Sea Will Tell.'
'Finders Keepers': Stephen King strikes again with great suspenseStephen King's latest revisits the mysterious story of the obsessive relationship between reader and writer.
