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- How much do you know about African literature?
Sure, you read "Things Fall Apart" in school and maybe it's even on your "favorite books of all time" list. But how much deeper does your knowledge of African literature go? Take our quiz and find out!
- 'Broadcast Hysteria' sheds new light on Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds'
What was truly hysterical, suggests this well researched book, was the way real reporters blew the impact of the broadcast out of proportion.
- Bestselling books the week of 5/21/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- What do bin Laden's books say about him?
Recently declassified documents and books seized at the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011 may offer a window on the terrorist leader's interests.
- 'The Last Bookaneer' is a literary thriller starring 19th-century book thieves
"The Last Bookaneer" is essentially a heist caper, following literary thieves in pursuit of Robert Louis Stevenson’s unpublished last novel.
- Luz, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist: Why he's leaving
Luz, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist, is coming under increasing fire for the magazine's provocative content.
- '1920' is the lively, readable biography of a seminal year
1920 was the year that America 'flourished almost by default; it was rich and on the verge of growing richer than any other nation in history.'
- 'The Children's Crusade' explores the dynamics of a California family with an unhappy mother
Ann Packer's gift for parsing complicated families all come to the fore in her latest novel.
- 'Ashley's War' shares the untold stories of women in combat
Journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon follows the Cultural Support Team – a group of women supporting America's special operation forces in Afghanistan – through both the heaven and hell of battle.
- Does writing a memoir help an author to heal?
Three writers share their thoughts and concerns about sharing deeply personal secrets in a memoir.
- What are the world's most unusual libraries?
'Improbable Libraries,' by Alex Johnson, chronicles the lengths to which librarians the world over will go to serve their communities.