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Bestselling books the week of 6/25/15, 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.
How will Amazon's new pay-per-page model change e-books?Just as Spotify has done for music, the new pay-per-page system could change the way e-books are published and authors paid.
Here's what J.K. Rowling revealed about 'Harry Potter' family the DursleysRowling recently delved into the history of the Dursleys on the website Pottermore, discussing their relationship with Harry's parents Lily and James and what really happened with Harry's Aunt Petunia in the final 'Potter' book.
'The China Mirage' explores the delusions behind US foreign policy in East AsiaJames Bradley traces the history of America鈥檚 perception of Asia and the gap between that perception and reality.
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5 of the Wright Brothers' favorite books Want reading that soars this summer? Try the "Wright Brothers Summer Reading List," taken from the pages of 鈥淭he Wright Brothers,鈥� David McCullough鈥檚 new biography of aviation鈥檚 most famous siblings.
'The Rocks' is a layered story of dark secrets on a sunny islandPeter Nichols takes us to the small Spanish village of Cala Marsopa, where he untangles a 60-year old love story.
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'The Boys Who Challenged Hitler' is a rousing YA story taken straight from historyTwo Danish teens 鈥� the sons of a Protestant minister 鈥� took extraordinary risks to stand up to Nazi occupation of their country.
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Before Rachel Dolezal, what did it mean to 鈥榩ass鈥�?Allyson Hobbs, author of 鈥楢 Chosen Exile,鈥� says the debate stirred up by Rachel Dolezal's resignation from the NAACP hits historic chords.
10 smart young adult books perfect for grownups These books may be targeted at young readers, but they won鈥檛 disappoint the adults who find them.
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
