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4 engaging audio books that span the globe These four audiobooks give us plenty to occupy our ears as the nights grow longer.
Still looking for a scary story post-Halloween? Booksellers have a suggestion for youIn a recent survey by industry newsletter Shelf Awareness, the novel 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' by Shirley Jackson was booksellers' top pick for a great spooky tale.- Lena Dunham cancels tour dates following bloggers' accusations that she sexually abused her younger sister
'Ciao, Carpaccio!' is travel writer Jan Morris's loving meditation on Venetian painter Vittore CarpaccioIn a book billed as her final work, famed travel writer Jan Morris salutes an old friend and favorite artist.
10 best books of November, according to Amazon Here's what Amazon's editors selected as the best books being released this month.- 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1' trailer shows a lot of action'Mockingjay' is an adaptation of part of the final book in Suzanne Collins's trilogy.
J.K. Rowling reveals past, 'source of inspiration' for 'Harry Potter' character Dolores UmbridgeDolores Umbridge is a sadistic teacher whom Harry encounters. Rowling posted a piece on the website Pottermore with new information about the character's past and revealed how she was inspired to give the cruel teacher a love of bows and kittens.
Halloween: Can you figure out the culprit of a locked-room mystery?Editor Otto Penzler explains how he selected the 'locked-room mysteries' that are included in 'The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries.'
Will '41: A Portrait of my Father' reveal a different side of George W. Bush?George W. Bush's biography of his father will be published聽Nov. 11 by Crown, with a planned first printing of 1 million copies.
'The Devil's Alliance' traces the short, unhappy marriage of Hitler and StalinThe 'Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics' stunned the world and altered the course of World War II.
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Neil Patrick Harris's 'Choose Your Own Autobiography': What are critics saying?Many reviewers found Harris's autobiography entertaining, though some found the format, in which the narrator is referred to as 'you' and the reader chooses what course to take, distracting.
Halloween: 'Goosebumps' author R.L. Stine tweets a spooky storyStine tweeted out a story titled 'What's In My Sandwich?' The author has released narratives through his Twitter account before, including a scary story he shared for Halloween in 2012.
For Halloween, a collection of scary stories by literary greatsThis collection of 19th-century ghost tales includes works by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Henry James.
'Rain Reign' is one of the best children's books of 2014Martin has created multi-faceted, complex characters and situations that make 'Rain Reign' 鈥� a novel about a girl diagnosed with Asperger鈥檚 syndrome 鈥� sing.
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'Paddington' trailer shows some of the fictional bear's exploitsThe film adaptation of the children's series about the talking bear stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington.
Gillian Flynn, Diana Gabaldon's books dominate sales lists following screen adaptationsSales bumps after books are adapted as movies or TV shows are nothing new, but 'Gone Girl' author Flynn and 'Outlander' writer Gabaldon are seeing their older books reappear and hold steady on bestseller lists as well.
'The Secret History of Wonder Woman' combines biography and cultural history to tell the story of Wonder Woman and her creatorJill Lepore鈥檚 new book deftly traces the entwined stories of Wonder Woman, her idealistic creator, and 20th-century feminism.
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