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Reader recommendation: The Guns of AugustMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Authors choose sides in the duel between Amazon and HachetteSome 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers.
Five-year-old writes book about fairies for British charityFive-year-old Lydia Port-Burke has self-published a fairy tale now available on iTunes. Proceeds for the book will go to BBC Children in Need.
10 best books of July: the Monitor's picks The Monitor's book critics give thumbs up to these 10 new July titles.
Author Rainbow Rowell returns to adult fiction with 'Landline'Rowell has recently won acclaim for her young adult novels 'Eleanor & Park' and 'Fangirl.'
Bedtime stories for a teenager? One set of children's books brings a father and son togetherMonitor contributor Danny Heitman enjoys reading a children's book series about a wealthy elephant named Uncle to his son. What's surprising about that? His son is a teenager.
Fourth of July: Almost two hundred years ago, Thoreau moved into his Walden Pond cabinOn July 4, 1845, Thoreau moved into the cabin on Walden Pond. Soon after, Harvard asked what he had been up to and Thoreau detailed his adventures for his alma mater.
'Independence' tells in rich detail how the American Revolution grewAmong the colonists, rebellion began early and ran deep.
Reader recommendation: Remember Me Like ThisMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
'American Gods' to be adapted for TV by Starz'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman portrays a battle between old and new gods.
'Denali's Howl' author Andy Hall discusses one of the worst climbing accidents in American historySeven men were killed attempting to climb Mt. McKinley in Alaska in 1967. What happened and why? Hall explores the accident.
Amazon speaks 鈥� finally 鈥� about its dispute with publisher HachetteAmazon senior vice president of Kindle content Russ Grandinetti told The Wall Street Journal that Amazon is acting 'in the long term interest of our customers.'
'James Madison' proves the author's thesis that the Founding Father played a key role in the founding of AmericaAuthor Lynne Cheney avoids Madison's failings, but it's hard to argue with the author's position that he played an extremely important role in securing 'liberty and happiness for generations to come.'
Award-winning children's author Walter Dean Myers diesMyers, author of such books as 'Hoops' and 'Monster,' recently published an essay lamenting what he saw as a lack of diverse characters in children's literature.
Reader recommendation: Thomas Jefferson, Author of AmericaMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Franz Kafka: 10 quotes for his birthday Here, to celebrate his birthday, are some macabre, profound, and darkly witty quotes from Franz Kafka.
'I'll Be Right There' spins a mystery of missing persons set in a tumultous South KoreaA South Korean woman remembers the 1980s and her college years 鈥� a time of turmoil, violence, and ominous disappearances.
Reader recommendation: 海角大神Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
10 best books of July 2014, according to Amazon's editors Looking for a great summer read? Check out these selections by Amazon staff.
World Book Night U.S. is coming to an end, says organizationAccording to staff, World Book Night U.S. will be suspended due to lack of money.
