All Books
- 'One Man Against the World' is a dark and troubling portrait of Richard Nixon
The second big Nixon book this summer (after "Being Nixon" by Evan Thomas) paints an unforgiving picture of a deeply flawed man and president.
- Shakespeare and marijuana: important discovery or silly speculation?
Some scholars suggest that the Bard may have smoked marijuana for inspiration, but others are skeptical.
- What the world is reading this summer
Monitor correspondents around the globe share what is flying off the shelves in their region – as well as books that might help you understand their part of the world a bit better.
- 'Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship that Shaped the Sixties'
Kevin M. Schultz attempts to analyze the influence of two antagonistic thinkers of their time.
- 4 adventurous audiobooks for a summer of exploration Travelers play a major role in each of the four audiobooks on the agenda this month. All titles are available to download from www.audible.com.
- 'The Wolf Border' explores the relationship between civilization and wilderness
Sarah Hall tells intermingled stories of wolves reintroduced to England and interpersonal drama.
- 'How Music Got Free' chronicles the art of music theft
Stephen Witt offers a compulsively readable overview of the music industry and how it crumbled as music became free.
- Female author submits novel under man's name. You will totally believe what happens next.
Writer Catherine Nichols submitted the opening pages to her novel to 50 literary agents under her own name, and then again using a man's name. Can you guess which name got more positive responses?
- Generosity united the South in the aftermath of 2011 superstorm
‘What Stands in a Storm’ tells one woman's story in the face of the 2011 tornado that tore through Alabama and how social media allowed Southerners to rally and support one another.
- Why one bookstore is offering refunds on Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman'
Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Mich., is offering customers who bought the newly released Harper Lee novel 'Go Set a Watchman' refunds because it says marketing for the highly anticipated volume was misleading.
- 'The Pope's Daughter' is Dario Fo's lively sketch of Lucrezia Borgia
Fo's first novel paints his own vibrant picture around the much-contested real life of the controversial daughter of Pope Alexander VI.
- 'Ink and Bone' is an explosive YA book aimed at bookworms
Rachel Caine unravels the secrets of the Library of Alexandria even as she spins an irresistible story.
- Bestselling books the week of 8/7/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.