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- Elizabeth Gilbert asks fans to help her choose a new book cover'Eat, Pray, Love' author Elizabeth Gilbert is using her Facebook page to allow fans to pick the cover of her new novel.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft These five books 鈥 fiction and nonfiction 鈥 share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
- 'After Visiting Friends': Michael Hainey talks about his journey into his father's past'After Visiting Friends' by Michael Hainey is part detective story, part memoir, part elegy.
- Jane Goodall: seeds of plagiarismJane Goodall's new book 'Seeds of Hope' contains lifted sentences, wording, and even an entire聽paragraph copied from other sources, reports The Washington Post.
- The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American PowerA BBC correspondent offers an admiring insider's look at Hilary Clinton's tenure as America's top diplomat.
- Reader recommendation: The Paris WifeMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 'Salt Sugar Fat' highlights the questionable ingredients in popular food'Salt Sugar Fat,' by journalist Michael Moss, explores how the three title ingredients make their way into American food and the dangers that they may pose.
- Presidential library: Will it be Chicago or Honolulu?The battle is on between Illinois and Hawaii for the right to host President Obama's library.
- Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century LifeThis new Marx biography refrains from judging its subject with contemporary values, helping readers to understand the man's ideas in the context of his life.
- Reader recommendation: Singled OutMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Spring training: 10 inspiring books about running Spring is in the air. Lace up, put your shorts on, and pound some pavement!
- Bestselling books the week of 3/17/13, according to IndieBound* See what's selling in bookstores across America.
- Free e-book copies of The Da Vinci Code'Doubleday has announced that free copies of Dan Brown's famous 'The Da Vinci Code will be available as a promotion for Brown's new novel 'Inferno.'
- Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' will open the Cannes Film Festival'The Great Gatsby' is scheduled to hit US theaters May 10, five days before it will open the festival on May 15.
- Amazon's new imprints give opportunities to debut authors, short story writersAmazon's Little A imprint will release novels, memoirs, and story collections, while Day One will focus on short stories and new writers.
- Gun Guys: A Road TripDan Baum's reportorial style brings much-needed humor and rationality to the fractious gun debate.
- Reader recommendation: Franklin and EleanorMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- George H. W. Bush in his own words: 10 stories from the updated 'All the Best, George Bush' "All the Best, George Bush" is a collection of the personal correspondence of George H. W. Bush from his first years in the Navy in 1942 all the way to 2011. Here are 10 excerpts from the book.
- 'Persepolis' removal from some Chicago classrooms prompts protestsTeachers and students first believed the acclaimed graphic novel was being taken out of all classrooms and libraries, but Chicago Public Schools staff say it's only being taken out of seventh-grade classrooms.
- Emma Watson rumors: The star addresses 'Fifty Shades of Grey' storiesEmma Watson addressed rumors via Twitter that she would star in the film adaptation of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' Emma Watson was the subject of rumors that she was attached to star in the film after hackers obtained documents from a film company.