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- Neil Gaiman will return to his 'Sandman' series this OctoberGaiman, who also recently published 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane,' will release the first installment of a six-part prequel series this October.
- Libraries will release a "Top 10" recommendation list starting this fallA list titled LibraryReads will be created monthly by libraries all over the country, compiling 10 picks that staff members would choose for the reading public.
- 10 best books of July 2013, according to Amazon's editors Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson shares her thoughts about the 10 best books of July, according to the editors at Amazon.
- Native AmericansJames S. Robbins urges today鈥檚 Americans to 鈥榬ecognize, honor, and carry forward the grand experiment of the first new nation.鈥
- 5 books about Diana, the people's princess Here are five books that offer insight into the life of Diana, the Princess of Wales best remembered as "the people's princess."
- Paula Deen publisher cancels book deal. Now what?Paula Deen was supposed to release "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up" in October. But Ballantine Books canceled the release, even though it was already No. 1 in pre-orders on Amazon.
- 'Death Comes to Pemberley' miniseries gains new cast membersThe mystery novel by P.D. James, based on Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice,' is being adapted by the BBC.
- Will there be an Encyclopedia Brown movie?Warner Bros. is in negotiations to create a film based on the popular children's series 'Encyclopedia Brown' by Donald J. Sobol.
- Literary adaptation 'Under the Dome' brings summer TV back to the networks'Under the Dome,' a summer hit for CBS, is adapted from a Stephen King novel.
- The No World ConcertoA novelist tries to make very modern music out of a work of fiction.
- Reader recommendation: Mary Baker Eddy, The Years of DiscoveryMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 10 best books of July: the Monitor's picks Here are the 10 July books to which the Monitor's book critics give the highest grades.
- Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985This collection of Calvino's letters unveils the correspondence of a writer at the heart of modern literature's revolutions.
- Mo'Meta BluesPolymath bandleader Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson chronicles his life in beats.
- Italian WaysFor every moment that Italy annoys Tim Parks, there are two in which it delights him.
- Reader recommendation: Far From the TreeMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Spy vs. Spy: 16th-Century StyleThanks to human nature, the essence of espionage hasn't changed much in 500 years. Historian Stephen Budiansky compares spying in the 16th-century with modern-day tactics.聽
- Spinning Shakespeare into modern prose: Will it work?Hogarth Press launches the Hogarth Shakespeare, which publish 'prose retellings' of Shakespeare's works to mark the Bard's 400th birthday.
- Gettysburg: The Last InvasionOn the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo offers a detailed account of the battle, with a focus on the human side of the history.
- Reader recommendations: One Man Great EnoughMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.