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Cokie Roberts highlights the Civil War-era women who held the nation togetherCokie Robert's new book 'Capital Dames' unearths the important and unique role of women during the US Civil War.
Bestselling books the week of 6/4/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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'The Fellowship' follows C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and friends through their defense of fantasyThis valuable group biography tells the story of the Inklings, the mid-20th century group of Oxford fantasists, scholars, and poets fascinated by religion, poetry, mythology, and magic.
4 audiobooks for Anglophiles Mad for British lit? Here are four titles to savor.
'The Meursault Investigation' cleverly builds on 'The Stranger' by CamusThe events of 'The Stranger' are revisited, seen through the eyes of the brother of the once anonymous victim.
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'Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County' tells a horrific story of racism and US public schoolsA reporter born and bred in Virginia looks back on the racially divided schools of her childhood and asks: "What was wrong with my hometown?"
#FiftyShades: E.L. James' latest book: How authors keep their franchises fresh#FiftyShades:聽'Fifty Shades of Grey' writer E.L. James recently announced she's releasing a new version of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' that will be told from character 海角大神's point of view. Some authors choose to focus on different characters for new books, while others opt for all-new characters and a different time period.
'Dreams of Earth and Sky' draws intriguing lines between philosophy and scienceAt age 91, a master physicist shares his wisdom, and the burning questions he still ponders.
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'The Green Road' paints a luminous portrait of an Irish matriarchWith wonderful skill, Booker Prize winner Anne Enright returns to the theme of the Irish family, this one headed by the long-suffering, strong-willed Rosaleen Madigan.聽
Indie bookstores are on the rise: What's behind their comeback?Despite dire predictions for independent bookstores just a few years ago, many are now thriving.
'The Jefferson Rule' argues against mythologizing America's Founding FathersHistorian David Sehat makes a strong case that forefather worship has had a pernicious effect on American politics.
'A God in Ruins' is Kate Atkinson's brilliant follow-up to 'Life After Life'Atkinson has a written what looks like a big, old-fashioned book 鈥� but watch out for the trickery.
Bestselling books the week of 5/28/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
'Reagan' by H.W. Brands notes Reagan's failings, yet insists on his greatnessA new biography posits Reagan as one of the two most important figures in 20th-century American politics.
'Man in Profile' is a splendid new biography of fabled New Yorker writer Joseph MitchellThomas Kunkel offers a portrait of a writer who specialized in finding great characters, real and imagined.- How much do you know about African literature?
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'Broadcast Hysteria' sheds new light on Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds'What was truly hysterical, suggests this well researched book, was the way real reporters blew the impact of the broadcast out of proportion.
