Booksellers Urged to Participate in Banned Books Week: There were 460 incidents of people attempting to ban books from libraries last year, according to the American Library Association, including a recent one where a group of parents succeeded in banning an anthology of writings by gay youth from the library of a New Jersey high […]
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Kindle Cost Cut to $139 as Price War Begins – NYTimes.com: Amazon is hoping to convince even casual readers that they need a digital reading device. By firing another shot in an e-reader price war leading up to the year-end holiday shopping season, the e-commerce giant turned consumer electronics manufacturer is also signaling it intends
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“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”: casting the new film version Marjorie Kehe is reporting on The Christian Science Monitor‘s book blog that Daniel Craig has signed to portray Mikael Blomkvist, the male protagonist, in the Hollywood version of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Meanwhile, the search continues for
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Taming Time Travel – Science News: Novelists and screenwriters know that time travel can be accomplished in all sorts of ways: a supercharged DeLorean, Hermione’s small watch and, most recently, a spacetime-bending hot tub have allowed fictional heroes to jump between past and future. But physicists know that time travel is more than just a
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International Thriller Writers Announces Award Winners: Winners include the following: Best Short Story: “A Stab in the Heart” by Twist Phelan, Ellery Queen Magazine Best First Novel: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti (HarperCollins) Best Paperback Original: The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli (Random House) Best Hardcover Novel: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner (Random
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Harper Lee’s famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published 50 years ago today.
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New Biography Claims Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy : NPR: Another offering from National Public Radio, this one about the new biography of poet Emily Dickinson that opens the door on a number of skeletons in the Dickinson family closet.
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After 50 Years, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Still Sings America’s Song : NPR: National Public Radio’s contribution to the upcoming 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Top 10 books of 2010… according to Amazon – CSMonitor.com: Here’s a list of Amazon’s top 10 “must read” books for the first half of 2010. The article also contains links to a few other Amazon lists: a Top 10 fiction list, a Top 10 nonfiction list, and a Top 10 kids and teens list.
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Scout, Atticus & Boo – CSMonitor.com: Yvonne Zipp, in Christian Science Monitor, reviews a new book issued to honor the fiftieth anniversary–July 11–of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird: “‘Scout, Atticus & Boo’ is a lovely celebration of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ And if, in the end, many of the
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