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Bestselling books the week of 1/1/15, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Best of 2014: Seven authors reflect on battles close at handA Monitor book critic recalls seven of his favorite author interviews from 2014.
'The Name of the Blade' is a tough, sassy m茅lange of Japanese folklore and modern teen BritainMio Yamato inherits her grandfather鈥檚 samurai sword 鈥� along with a mandate to battle evil.
'Beowulf' comes to British TVThe British network ITV is reportedly adapting the epic work.
'Blessed Assurance' succeeds as a soaring new biography of playwright Horton FooteHorton Foote's life and work were so closely intertwined, this biography demonstrates, that it's hard to know where Horton Foote, the man, ends and where Horton Foote, the writer, begins.
5 good books I fear I may never readIt's sobering to think of carrying on into next year the weight of all the unread books on one's nightstand.
'Fourth of July Creek' is a gritty, disturbing, evocative, and extraordinary debut novelHenderson Smith鈥檚 tale of suffering and the hope of rescue in the northern West is on this critic鈥檚 short list of the year鈥檚 best fiction.
5 pleasures from 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' on the centennial of Dylan Thomas's birthWhat Thomas captures beautifully in 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' is the dreamlike quality of Christmases past.
Can there be a perfect Christmas? Only in the mind of a poetThere may never be a Christmas as perfect as the one you read about in books.
'When Books Went to War' tells how paperback books helped to win World War IIRecreational reading boosted morale and celebrated free thought for America鈥檚 World War II troops.
Bestselling books the week of 12/25/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
The 19th-century battle for the soul of New OrleansWriter Gary Krist discusses how New Orleans went from a tolerant, vice-friendly town to one that embraced refinement and racism.
Do readers of e-books sacrifice a sense of 'place' within a text?A few studies suggest that reading on screens instead of pages may impair comprehension because readers lose a sense of place in a text.
'The Greatest Knight' is the true story of a medieval knight, told with rich detailDrawing on a 13th-century manuscript, Thomas Asbridge has fashioned a rare and fascinating biography.
How a Virginia bookstore found loving homes for catsThe independent bookstore Tales of the Lonesome Pine works with a local animal shelter to bring cats into the store and search for a permanent home for them using social media.
Critics select 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' for best-of-the-year lists'Pleasant' is a graphic novel by Roz Chast that explores caring for aging parents.
Too old to write a poem?Former US poet laureate Donald Hall, now 86, says the poetic muse has left him. But Mary Oliver, Ted Kooser, and others are going strong.
'Homegrown' explores domestic life with humorous and fantastically posed photosChildren are the stars in Julie Blackmon鈥檚 timeless, unsettling images.- How well do you know British literature? Take our quiz!
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Book-based 'American Sniper' will soon come to theaters'Sniper' is based on the memoir of the same name by Chris Kyle.