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6 new sports books for good holiday reading Here are excerpts from six new sports books.
10 writers I'm most grateful for this ThanksgivingOn this day of gratitude, let's give thanks for writers. Which authors would you put on your top 10 list?
Do you know what was taken out of the Bible?Writer Joel Hoffman of 'The Bible's Cutting Room Floor' discusses the editing that was done by the humans who compiled the Old and New Testaments.
'Fully Alive' is Timothy Shriver's story of the Kennedy family's relationship to the Special OlympicsJFK nephew Timothy Shriver tells the inspiring story of how the Special Olympics came to be, and some of the ways in which the organization has changed the world for the better.
Reader recommendation: A Life in Six MasterpiecesMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Bestselling books the week of 11/27/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Good book for your flight? JetBlue can provideJetBlue is adding e-books from HarperCollins to its entertainment mix. Passengers can read excerpts from new titles and then choose to purchase the rest.
Lawrence Wright's 'Going Clear' will be the basis for an HBO documentary about Scientology'Going Clear' was shortlisted for the National Book Award.
Can Barnes & Noble's Black Friday 'secret weapon' reverse the chain's slumping sales?Barnes & Noble will be offering 500,000 copies of signed works by major authors to kick off the holiday shopping season. But will it be enough?
'De Niro' is impressive, fair-minded, and doesn't shrink from tough questionsWhy did Robert De Niro trade truly great roles for low-maintenance performances? Shawn Levy tackles this and more in his authoritative biography.
Reader recommendation: Measure of a ManMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
'The Fault in Our Stars' director Josh Boone says 'The Stand' will be adapted as four filmsBoone says the production has "people on board in certain roles' and that production could begin 'maybe in the spring.'
Ted Kooser admits: He'll never get around to reading everythingA poet laureate faces the same challenge as all the rest of us: There's more great stuff to read than there is time to read it in.
Indies First: What's happening at a bookstore near you?Indies First, in which authors appear at independent bookstores and sometimes work as booksellers, will be happening again this year on Small Business Saturday. Take a look at who's signed up.
'Victoria: A Life' illustrates the remarkable power of a single personalityBiographer A.N. Wilson touches on a number of ways Victoria's life and image shaped the modern British monarchy and government.
Penguin Random House launches #GiveaBook campaignThrough the campaign, the publisher will donate a book to the organization Save the Children every time someone uses the hashtag online. Penguin Random House will make donations up to 25,000 times.
'The Rosie Effect,' the sequel to bestseller 'The Rosie Project,' comes to the US next month'The Rosie Effect' has already been released in some other countries to mixed reviews. One critic called the sequel 'twice as long [as "The Rosie Project"] and only half as good,' though another found it to be a 'chuckle-filled triumph.'
'Pioneer Girl' tells the true story behind the 'Little House on the Prairie' books'Pioneer Girl' is the annotated autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It's also the original manuscript that served as a grittier rough draft of the beloved 'Little House on the Prarie' series.
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