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'Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book' series gets two more titlesLove- and Disney-themed titles in the series by Diane Muldrow, which offers life lessons based on the Little Golden Book series, will be published.
J.K. Rowling's Harvard commencement speech will become a bookRowling's 2008 speech will be adapted as a book titled 'Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.'
Cheaper books make for wealthier authors, insists Amazon's Jeff Bezos'The Kindle is trying to reduce friction for reading a whole book, and it鈥檚 working,' Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said at a conference yesterday.
Bestselling books the week of 12/4/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
"Visions of Teaoga" spins native American history into a likable story for middle-grade readersMiddle-schooler Maddy Winter is drawn into the past when she joins her dad in a rural Pennsylvania town.
'Moriarty': Does it live up to Anthony Horowitz's previous 'Sherlock Holmes' tale?Horowitz won over critics with his 'Holmes' book 'The House of Silk,' but his take on Holmes's greatest adversary, 'Moriarty,' has received more mixed reviews so far.- Need help shopping for a book? 300 experts are waiting to hear from youThe new Penguin Hotline will connect shoppers in search of books with Penguin staffers prepared to make recommendations.
Mark Strand: a poet both elegant and risqu茅Strand was a versatile poet, capable of shifting easily from the metaphysical to the wry, and embracing styles that ranged from pensive to bawdy.
'The Strange Library' is a kid鈥檚 book, despite Murakami's reliance on allegories, semiotics, parables, and moreAn adolescent boy drops into his neighborhood library to return some books and finds himself in a strange, charged landscape.
Reader recommendation: The Handsome Man鈥檚 De Luxe Caf茅Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
10 best nonfiction titles of 2014 Here are the 10 nonfiction titles that the Monitor鈥檚 book critics admired most in 2014.
10 best fiction books of 2014 Here are the 10 fiction titles that the Monitor鈥檚 book critics admired most in 2014.
P.D. James spun crime into literatureJames was behind such novels as 'Death Comes to Pemberley' and 'An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.' Monitor fiction critic Yvonne Zipp noted in a review of one of James's books that 'there are few living mystery writers more widely respected than James.'
Thanksgiving weekend was kind to some independent bookstoresOverall, Black Friday sales are said to have dropped this year, but some independent bookstores reported strong sales on Friday and Saturday of the holiday weekend, even as they celebrated the Indies First bookstore initiative.
Would men rather read men? Yes 鈥� about 90 percent of the timeMaybe we shouldn't be surprised. A Goodreads survey suggests that both men and women are strongly drawn to books by authors of their own sex.
'American Cornball' is a funny book about the things people used to laugh atA 'Guide to the Formerly Funny' garners present-day laughs, while examining some shocking subjects that no longer seem comic.
Reader recommendation: John Quincy AdamsMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Curious about politicos who brag and bloviate? Mark Leibovich has storiesNew York Times Magazine correspondent Mark Leibovich talks about the habits and hobbies of Washington A-listers.
Donald Culross Peattie: revival time for a once-beloved naturalist?Nine books by Donald Culross Peattie, once one of America's most popular naturalists, are being reissued.
'Green' considers the emotional, social, and poetic significance of a very versatile band of the color spectrumIn verde, there is veritas: a new book explains how one hue can illustrate greed, royalty, envy, and the splendor of the natural world.
