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- 10 awesome book trailers for must-read YA books Check out these awesome trailers for 10 excellent Young Adult reads. Some are funny, some are cute, at least one is sort of disturbing. All of them are now on my 'must-read' list!
- River Inside the RiverGregory Orr's twelfth collection of poems is one of this year's most intriguing, imaginative books of verse.
- Reader recommendation: O Pioneers!Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Vince Flynn, author of 'Mitch Rapp' political thrillers, diesVince Flynn had recently released his newest book, 'The Last Man,' and his novels about the CIA were once called 'a little too accurate' by former president George W. Bush.
- Do Asian readers know about the anti-Semitism in 'Mein Kampf'?North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been giving state officials copies of Adolf Hitler's book, while the book is a bestseller in India.
- Penguin Books' First to Read program will give readers sneak peeksThrough First to Read, members will have the chance to get advance reading copies of Penguin Books before they are published.
- Vice Magazine's controversial images of female authors committing suicide are taken downVice Magazine's newest fashion spread depicted models dressed like Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and others in the act of committing suicide. The photos were taken down after a public outcry.
- Salman Rushdie: 10 quotes on his birthday Here are 10 quotes from Salman Rushdie.
- My Isl@mBased on his own story, popular Islamic blogger Amir Ahmad Nasr argues that the Internet will be for Islam what the printing press was for º£½Ç´óÉñity – a driving force for reform.
- Apple e-mails are at the center of the DOJ e-book price-fixing trialThe Justice Department’s e-book price fixing trial – alleging that Apple conspired to raise e-book prices – is scheduled to end this week.
- Judy Blume gets her own literary celebration with 'Blumesday'Inspired by the James Joyce-centered holiday of 'Bloomsday,' writers Joanna Miller and Heather Larimer decided to honor beloved young adult author Judy Blume with a holiday of her own.
- 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane': Neil Gaiman garners mostly positive reviews'The Ocean at the End of the Lane,' is being hailed as Gaiman's first book for adults in eight years. But is it really?
- 'Libraries in Exile' fights to save priceless manuscripts in MaliThe coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic papers.
- Oxford English Dictionary adds the words 'tweet,' 'e-book'The OED bent the rules slightly by adding 'tweet' in under 10 years – a nod to the word's rapid and widespread rise into everyday usage.
- Duel with the DevilNPR 'literary detective' Paul Collins chronicles a gripping real-life murder mystery, set in New York City circa 1800 – the first truly tabloid crime in our nation's history.
- Algerian ChroniclesAlbert Camus's 1957 work shows his outrage over the suffering of Algeria's Arab and Berber populations.
- Can you inherit an e-book?Passing on your favorite books to your heirs has sentimental value. But how will that work if your library is digital?Â
- 'Full Upright and Locked Position': 7 (sometimes sobering) facts about air travel From the facts about airline food to the truth about why bags get lost, writer and former FAA chief counsel Mark Gerchick takes a hard look at traveling by plane in "Full Upright and Locked Position."
- "Game of Thrones": Top 10 worst things Joffrey has done Here's a quick recap of the worst of all of Joffrey's very bad deeds.
- Got a great love story? Quirk Books is looking for youQuirk Books is hosting a contest titled 'Looking for Love.' The winning novel will by published by Quirk, with a $10,000 fee for the author.