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- Ron Paul will pen book advocating a free-market approach to educationThe former congressman's book, titled 'New School Manifesto,' is scheduled for a September release.
- Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of SiberiaScience writer Surendra Verma looks back at the 'Tunguska event,' a mysterious occurrence in Siberia in 1908 which, like the 2013 meteorite, caused injuries and damage when the sky exploded.
- A new work by Haruki Murakami is arriving in April 鈥 but only in JapaneseMurakami's Japanese publisher Bungeishunju and his US representation, Knopf, have not indicated when the book will be translated into English.
- Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at bookstores across America.
- David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday Here, from modern literary master David Foster Wallace, are 10 quotes to celebrate his life.
- CitizenvilleGavin Newsom wants social media to reinvent government.
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- New James Bond novel will arrive this fallBooker Prize-nominated author William Boyd is the newest writer to be asked to pen a Bond adventure by the estate of the original spy author, Ian Fleming.
- Debbie Ford, author of 'The Dark Side of the Light Chasers,' diesDebbie Ford wrote 'The Dark side of the Light Chasers,' a self-help book. Debbie Ford built on her self-help books to become a lecturer, teacher, self-help coach at the The Ford Institute for Transformational Training. Ford passed on Sunday.
- Kate Middleton criticized by Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize winnerKate Middleton was verbally attacked by Hilary Mantel, the first Briton to twice win the coveted Man Booker prize for fiction. In her attack, Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton as 'a shop-window mannequin, with no personality.'
- The Myth of MartyrdomSuicide bombers are the opposite of brave, argues Adam Lankford.
- Reader recommendation: The Last RunawayMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Vampires in the Lemon GroveKaren Russell's short stories go where the wild things are.
- Reader recommendation: The Invisible BridgeMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 9 musicians who have broken into the literary world Here are nine other musicians who have published novels, short stories, poetry, and children鈥檚 books.
- 'The Aviator's Wife' author Melanie Benjamin is drawn to 'locked doors and hidden closets'Melanie Benjamin, author of a new novel about Charles Lindbergh's wife Anne, discusses her interest in women who have 'kind of fallen off the public's collective consciousness.'
- Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi Zuckerberg plans memoir about working at FacebookRandi Zuckerberg, who served as the company's marketing director, will release a memoir titled 'Dot Complicated' as well as a children's book.
- Bestselling author riles many, calling libraries 'no longer relevant'British writer Terry Deary, author of the 'Horrible Histories' children's series, says that libraries have 'had their day' and that there is no 'entitlement to read books for free.'
- The Afrika ReichGuy Saville's debut novel is a thriller with the heart of a blockbuster and the head of a history junkie.
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