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Ben Kingsley joins all-star cast in upcoming film adaptation of 'The Jungle Book'Oscar winner Ben Kingsley will provide the voice of聽panther Bagheera in a potentially controversial live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novel.
15 books about the American Revolution for Fourth of July reading Check out these 15 books about the American Revolution.
Hillary Clinton's 'Hard Choices' is 'effectively banned' in ChinaChinese publishers have declined to purchase translation rights for Clinton's bestseller, said publisher Simon & Schuster, and China's major import agency will not import the book in English.
Raymond Chandler will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameChandler will be one of a small group of writers to join the many actors and directors who have earned Hollywood Walk of Fame stars.
France passes so-called 'Anti-Amazon' LawThe French parliament passed an amendment that would ban Amazon from offering a combined discount and free shipping to customers in France.
'If I Stay' climbs bestseller lists as movie release date approaches'Stay,' by Gayle Forman, is about a teenager involved in a car crash who must decide whether to live or die.
Helen Keller: 10 quotes on her birthday Here are 10 quotes from Helen Keller to mark her 134th birthday.
'Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter' makes religion central to Carter's 1980 defeatReligion 鈥� and not politics 鈥� is at the core of this examination of the strengths and weaknesses of Carter's presidency.
Reader recommendation: I Am MalalaMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Why you should read to your newborn babyWhen to start reading to your child? As early as possible, says聽the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Judy Blume will publish a new book for adultsThe book will be the first Blume work for adults since the writer released the novel 'Summer Sisters' in 1998.
Daniel Handler (also known as Lemony Snicket) will host the National Book AwardsAccording to the National Book Foundation, the writer will be the first master of ceremonies to have published books in both the children's and adult fiction categories.
John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' to be adapted to film"The Fault in Our Stars" author announced that Sarah Polley has been chosen by Paramount to write and direct a film based on his YA book, 'Looking for Alaska.'
'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1' trailer features a creepy surprise'The Hunger Games': A new trailer for the upcoming film 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1' is styled as an address to the citizens of the fictional country Panem by President Snow (Donald Sutherland), but it has an unpleasant surprise at the end.
'Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters' profiles a gloriously free-living upper-class Briton who became a kind of East Indies royaltyThis smashing biography 鈥� an updated American version of a 2007 British edition 鈥� transports readers to a not-so-stuffy Edwardian England and the far edges of the British Empire
Video of homeless South African 鈥� the 'Pavement Bookworm' 鈥� goes viralPhilani Dladla sells, reviews, and gives away books to children, despite living on the streets.
Ewan McGregor said to be on board to star in a film version of Philip Roth's 'American Pastoral''Salt' director Phillip Noyce is reported to be signed on to direct the film.
Amazon's picks for best of 2014 (so far) include an Updike biography and a novel set in World War II'Delancey' by food blogger Molly Wizenberg and 'No Place to Hide' by journalist Glenn Greenwald are also among the titles that Amazon selected as the best books so far this year.
Bestselling books the week of 6/26/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Donna Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' is the newest bestseller to weather backlashIn a cycle seemingly as old as the literary world itself, Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is now the subject of criticism after first experiencing major success.