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- 10 reasons I can't wait for 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' movie I've read the books. I've seen the trailer. Now I can't wait for the movie!
- E-book trial: judge has suggestions for enforcing the guilty verdict against AppleA DOJ lawyer shot down the objections of publishers over suggested measures for Apple, while the judge involved in the e-book price fixing case offered a modified version of the DOJ proposal.
- 'Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters': Your catch-up guide to the book series and movies Wondering why your child is begging to go to the multiplex to learn about Greek gods? Here's a guide to the "Percy Jackson" book series by Rick Riordan and its movie adaptations.
- 15 young adult books to look forward to Of these fifteen picks, five are scary, five are supernatural, and five are school stories. All of them are coming out soon and all look pretty much irresistible.
- Barbara Mertz was the author of mystery novels under two pen namesBarbara Mertz wrote the popular Amelia Peabody series under the pen name of Elizabeth Peters and wrote other novels under the name Barbara Michaels. Barbara Mertz's writing career spanned more than four decades.
- Reader recommendation: Masters of CommandMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Publishers join Apple in objecting to proposed measures by the DOJFollowing the e-book price-fixing trial, the Department of Justice wants to impose measures on Apple, but publishers say they'll be the ones hurt by the rules.
- 11 best political books of all time Here, according to the staff at Politics & Prose, are 11 of the best political books of all time.
- Readers can turn Hamlet into a man of action'To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure' by Ryan North allows readers to redirect 'Hamlet'.
- New Stieg Larsson short story will be included in a crime anthologyA story said to have been written by Larsson when he was 17 will be part of an anthology titled 'A Darker Shade of Sweden,' which will be released this February.
- Ethan Hawke said to be starring in Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline'Hawke previously starred in the 2000 modern-day adaptation of 'Hamlet.'
- 'Kill Your Darlings,' a chronicle of the Beat writers, gets a new trailer'Darlings' stars Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg and 'Boardwalk Empire' actor Jack Huston as Jack Kerouac, among others.
- Bestselling books the week of 8/8/13, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America
- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's 'Alice' series ends this OctoberNaylor has released 28 books in the series, and the last will take Alice from college through several decades of her later life.
- A 'Hunger Games' camp tries to avoid violence despite its source materialA camp in Florida based on the 'Games' novels has children 'collecting lives' by taking others' flags. One psychologist called the idea 'unthinkable.'
- 'Among the Janeites': 6 stories from the realm of intense Jane Austen fandom Deborah Yaffe wondered why Jane Austen inspires such intense fandom. Here's some of what she found.
- Lawrence in ArabiaVeteran war correspondent Scott Anderson traces the involvement of T.E. Lawrence and three other Westerners during a critical and turbulent period in the Middle East.
- Reader recommendation: The Golem and the JinniMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Real Talk for Real TeachersI was prepared to dislike this book. But Rafe Esquith's good sense won me over.
- Reader recommendation: The Whole World OverMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.