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Bruce Springsteen's song 'Outlaw Pete' will be adapted as a children's bookThe book 'Outlaw Pete' will be illustrated by Frank Caruso.
'The Wrong Carlos': Was an innocent man executed?Law professor James Liebman says a Texas case reveals the injustice of the death penalty.
'The Invention of Exile' is a poignant tale of an immigrant's loss and longingVanessa Manko鈥檚 wistful, perceptive debut novel tells the story of a Russian engineer who yearns for his family during a stateless exile in Mexico City.
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What is it like to work at an independent bookstore?Apparently all customers believe the book they're looking for has a blue cover and some will tell you that if you haven't read every book in the store, 'you're not very good at your job.'
Did 'Joe and Marilyn' biographer C. David Heymann commit plagiarism?According to a Newsweek article, many of Heymann's books were fabricated and contained many errors.
Percy Jackson narrates Greek myths for kidsAuthor Rick Riordan recently published the book 'Percy Jackson's Greek Gods,' which is a compilation of traditional Greek myths as told by his character Percy.聽
'Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors' brings nuance and complexity to the age of CrusadesScholar Brian Catlos argues that the Crusades were more a struggle for power than a battle about religion, and聽stresses the many moments of cultural integration and strategic cooperation during the era.
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Gov. Jerry Brown calls for mention of 'significance' of Obama's election in California textbooksBrown recently signed a law recommending that the state's Instructional Quality Commission 'consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, instruction on the聽election of President Barack Obama聽and the significance of the United States electing its first African-American president, as appropriate.'
Robin Williams biography will be written by a New York Times reporterDave Itzkoff, who is also the author of 'Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies,' says he will publish a biography of the actor.
'Gone Girl': A new trailer shows more of the twist-filled story'Gone Girl' stars Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne, a husband who comes under suspicion when his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) disappears.- Back to school: Take the famous schools in literature quiz!
Writers tend to be a well-educated bunch, so it's no surprise that schools turn up often in literature. Whether it's public school, an exclusive boarding school, or the school of hard knocks, characters are constantly being educated about the world around them. I hope you took notes in class, because you're about to take the Monitor's schools in literature quiz! No peeking at your classmate's answers.
Bestselling books the week of 8/28/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
'Lisette's List' is aimed at Francophiles and art loversSusan Vreeland's latest focuses on a collection of paintings hidden during the Nazi occupation of France and then unearthed after the war.
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Floating libraries take to the waterA library on a docked boat is set to debut in New York in September, while a book collection has been circulating on a lake in Minneapolis this summer.
Misquote has UK children's laureate Malorie Blackman defending her cry for more diversity in children's booksA quote misattributed to Blackman complained that there are 'too many white faces' in children's literature, subjecting her to 'hatred, threats, and vitriol'.聽The author says her intent was to express support for 'more books featuring kids/YA with disabilities, LGBT, people of colour, travellers, different cultures, religions.'
David Mitchell's 'The Bone Clocks' is the novel to watch this fall'The Bone Clocks' isn't out until early September, but the novel by 'Cloud Atlas' author Mitchell is already drawing almost universal praise.
'Augustus: First Emperor of Rome' intrigues with its view of Roman politicsWhile parallels between ancient Rome and the US are revealing, our contemporary political scandals are mundane by the standards of antiquity.
