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- Virginia Woolf: 10 quintessential quotes on her birthday Some of Virginia Woolf's best bon mots on her 130th birthday.
- Reader recommendation: Moby-DickMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Newbery, Caldecott winners: Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka take the top prizesAward-winners Jack Gantos and Chris Raschka both wrote stories based on real-life incidents.
- Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?First test: See how you do with this book.
- Edith Wharton: 10 best quotes on her birthday On Edith Wharton's birthday, 10 quotes from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
- Nancy Pearl, the librarian of 'Book Lust,' signs a deal with Amazon'Why is Nancy Pearl partnering with a predatory company like Amazon?' ask some in the book world.
- Liberation SquareEgyptian journalist Ashraf Khalil brings insight and thorough reporting to his account of the end of the Hosni Mubarak government.
- Reader recommendation: The Road to Fatima GateMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Stephen King's 10 favorite books Stephen King, author of 'Carrie' and 'The Shining,' reveals what he likes to read.
- South Carolina: Why is the Palmetto State so different?Historian W. Scott Poole discusses South Carolina – its unique history, interesting governors, and suspicion of the outside world.
- 10 things I learned about Harry Carson Here are 10 things I learned about Harry Carson from his autobiography, 'Captain for Life: My Story as a Hall of Fame Linebacker.'
- Captain For Life: My Story as a Hall of Fame LinebackerWhile football star Walter Payton's biography is making headlines, don't miss 'Captain for Life,' Harry Carson's poignant and revealing autobiography.
- Reader recommendation: Healing the Heart of DemocracyMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Sue Monk Kidd's 10 favorite books Sue Monk Kidd, author of "The Secret Life of Bees," shares her favorite reads.
- Apple announces iBooks2, a new textbook program for iPadApple's new textbooks for iPad will let students zoom and rotate images, watch movies, and even complete tasks like dissecting frogs
- National Mentoring Month: 10 life-changing stories from celebrities In the new book "The Person Who Changed My Life," 10 celebrities share stories of their mentors.
- Heaven Cracks, Earth ShakesBritish travel writer James Palmer offers a quick, highly readable account of a pivotal moment in China’s recent past.
- Reader recommendation: To Be Sung UnderwaterMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 'Alcatraz' author Michael Esslinger: Why a prison fascinates usWith a new TV show focused on the famous penitentiary, author and historian Michael Esslinger debunks some of the most enduring Alcatraz myths.
- Johnny Ramone autobiography will be released this springEight years after the legendary guitarist's death, Johnny Ramone's autobiography will be published with a foreword by former bandmate Tommy Ramone