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- 'To Kill a Mockingbird': Aaron Sorkin will adapt the classic novel for Broadway
A new stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel 'Mockingbird' will reportedly be written by Sorkin. 'Mockingbird' was adapted as an Oscar-winning film in 1962 starring Gregory Peck.
- 'The Black Calhouns': five generations of life in an African American family
Historian Gail Lumet Buckley's new book is a cross between history and memoir, examining the African American experience through the lives of a single family.
- How about giving up new books for Lent?
The idea comes from author Susan Hill, who once went for a whole year – not just 40 days – without buying new books for her home library.
- 'Trade Secrets' returns to ancient Rome with 'Philip Marlowe in a toga'
This is the 17th outing for star sleuth Marcus Corvinus, a tough-talking nobleman in the Rome of the earliest Caesars.
- 'PT 109': Inside JFK’s heroic origin story
William Doyle, author of ‘PT 109,’ talks about John F. Kennedy’s stunning encounter with disaster as a young naval officer.
- 'Empire of Imagination' is the first full biography of 'Dungeons & Dragons' creator Gary Gygax
The ironic reality is that Gary Gygax was, in many ways, the embodiment of American virtue, despite his professedly unintentional foray into fantasy gaming.
- 'Only the Animals' pairs critter-protagonists with literary figures
All of these stories are narrated by the soul of an animal reporting from the afterlife, and the tales only get taller from there.
- The book most people have lied about reading? It's not what you think.
The book the most people have lied about reading is children's classic 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland,' according to a BBC survey.
- 'The Firebrand and the First Lady': how two great women came together
This thoroughly researched book chronicles the peripatetic career of Pauli Murray and her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Burgers and books: Why McDonalds is serving books in its Happy Meals
From Feb. 2 through Feb. 15, McDonald's will be replacing its usual Happy Meal prize with a children's book.
- 10 best books of February 2016, according to Amazon's editors What are the best books to have been released this month? Check out the selections from Amazon's editors.
- Bestselling books the week of 2/4/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at indie bookstores across the country?
- 'Living On Paper' wonderfully displays the many faces of Iris Murdoch
It is a compulsively discursive, doggedly happy Iris Murdoch who dominates 'Living on Paper' and fills it with the kind of smart, nimble-footed smalltalk that is always the principal joy of reading letter collections.