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'Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter' makes religion central to Carter's 1980 defeatReligion 鈥� and not politics 鈥� is at the core of this examination of the strengths and weaknesses of Carter's presidency.
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Why you should read to your newborn babyWhen to start reading to your child? As early as possible, says聽the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Judy Blume will publish a new book for adultsThe book will be the first Blume work for adults since the writer released the novel 'Summer Sisters' in 1998.
Daniel Handler (also known as Lemony Snicket) will host the National Book AwardsAccording to the National Book Foundation, the writer will be the first master of ceremonies to have published books in both the children's and adult fiction categories.
John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' to be adapted to film"The Fault in Our Stars" author announced that Sarah Polley has been chosen by Paramount to write and direct a film based on his YA book, 'Looking for Alaska.'
'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1' trailer features a creepy surprise'The Hunger Games': A new trailer for the upcoming film 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1' is styled as an address to the citizens of the fictional country Panem by President Snow (Donald Sutherland), but it has an unpleasant surprise at the end.
'Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters' profiles a gloriously free-living upper-class Briton who became a kind of East Indies royaltyThis smashing biography 鈥� an updated American version of a 2007 British edition 鈥� transports readers to a not-so-stuffy Edwardian England and the far edges of the British Empire
Video of homeless South African 鈥� the 'Pavement Bookworm' 鈥� goes viralPhilani Dladla sells, reviews, and gives away books to children, despite living on the streets.
Ewan McGregor said to be on board to star in a film version of Philip Roth's 'American Pastoral''Salt' director Phillip Noyce is reported to be signed on to direct the film.
Amazon's picks for best of 2014 (so far) include an Updike biography and a novel set in World War II'Delancey' by food blogger Molly Wizenberg and 'No Place to Hide' by journalist Glenn Greenwald are also among the titles that Amazon selected as the best books so far this year.
Bestselling books the week of 6/26/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Donna Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' is the newest bestseller to weather backlashIn a cycle seemingly as old as the literary world itself, Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is now the subject of criticism after first experiencing major success.
'The Dog Who Could Fly' is a superb account of a Nazi-fighting German ShepherdIt's almost impossible not to cry while reading this man-and-dog love story about an abandoned puppy rescued by a World War II hero.
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Lending library created by a 9-year-old is shut down by his cityThe Collins family had set up a small lending library in their yard, but the city of Leawood reportedly told them to remove it because it was an 'accessory structure.'
Three颅-dimensional picture books are now available for visually impaired childrenCU颅-Boulder's Tactile Picture Books Project is using three颅-dimensional-printing to bring the joy of picture books to the blind and visually impaired.
James Patterson donates 'Middle School' books to New York City sixth-gradersSixth-graders at more than 300 New York City public schools will have Patterson's book 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' made available to them.
'Under Magnolia' follows Frances Mayes back to her roots in small-town GeorgiaThe author who famously moved to a sun-drenched European villa recollects her childhood in the American South.
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