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Librarian discovers pages from one of England's earliest printed booksThe pages, from the priest handbook 'Sarum Ordinal or Sarum Pye,' was printed in 1476 or 1477 by William Caxton.
Bestselling books the week of 5/11/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'October' masterfully portrays the intricacies of the Russian revolutionBritish sci-fi and fantasy author China Mi茅ville sifts through the extraordinary disagreements, debates, and debacles that accompanied the Russian reds on every step of the road to revolution.
'Salt Houses' examines identity in diasporaHala Alyan's debut novel聽is a chronology of a Palestinian family and their mandatory wandering life imposed on them by the Six-Day War of 1967 and subsequently Iraq鈥檚 invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
'Men Without Women' is Murakami at his whimsical bestHaruki Murakami's seventh short story collection is rife with familiar obsessions and yet still surprising.
Obama unveils ambitious plans for an unusual new presidential library in ChicagoThe former president outlined the vision for the new library and museum complex, which will act as a social and cultural hub in the city's struggling South Side.
'Literally' is a bouncy summer read built on a sleight-of-hand trickYA author Lucy Keating delivers a light and fluffy fiction with citrusy twist of metafiction.
10 new sports books for fans Here are some fascinating sports titles for you or your favorite sports fan.
'Mockingbird Songs' documents a warm friendship with the elusive Harper LeeWayne Flynt has collected his correspondence with Harper Lee. Perhaps the quality of Lee that will hit readers most is her humor.
The Colorado: how a river rules the westIn his new book, 'Where the Water Goes,' journalist David Owen takes readers inside the topsy-turvy world of Western water.
'Hostage' tells the moving, suspenseful story of a kidnapping in the CaucasusGuy Delisle, the marvelous cartooning memoirist and travel-writer, recreates in words and thousands of pictures, the details of a Frenchman's captivity in a war zone.
Bestselling books the week of 5/4/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
10 best books of May 2017, according to Amazon's editors Here are the titles that are the best to be released this month, according to the editors at Amazon.
'The Leavers,' inspired by a real story, confronts transracial adoptionLisa Ko's debut novel is an achingly beautiful read about immigration, adoption, and the drive to belong.
'My Life with Bob' is a rollicking, intimate journey to a booklover's heartNew York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul's memoir invites us to share a close-up look at the books of her life.
'Refinery Town' tells the story of a city fighting for its own soulA look at the impact of the petroleum industry on one American city yields a portrait of a community struggling to put its future in the hands of its residents.
'Thunder in the Mountains' recounts the tragedy of the Nez Perce WarHistorian Daniel Sharfstein is a wonderful storyteller with a deep knowledge of all the relevant source material from the period.
'Hamlet Globe to Globe' chronicles the most idealistic theatrical tour everHow London's renowned Globe Theatre took their production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' to 190 countries in the space of two years.
Bestselling books the week of 4/27/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
As colleges ditch books, the future of the campus library is changingAs major universities like UC Berkeley abandon traditional book collections, the role of campus libraries is starting to look a little different from the good old days of an offline era.