All Books
- Gods and Beasts
Denise Mina's latest spins a web of Glasgow connections and corruption.
- Reader recommendation: Branch Rickey
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- Edible Book Festival: YUM!
A celebration of culinary talent, word play, and classic literature takes place every year in countries around the world.
- Amazon acquires literary social media website Goodreads
Some Goodreads users are excited about the prospect of linking their Amazon devices to their Goodreads accounts while others feel betrayed by the decision.
- Hey, 'Admission': Quit using Virginia Woolf as a punchline!
Tina Fey's new movie 'Admission' unfairly reinforces the 'only women read Virginia Woolf' stereotype.
- Salt Sugar Fat
Michael Moss explores how food companies market all of the above to the American public.
- Reader recommendation: The Pope Who Quit
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- 'Raising the Curve': 8 stories from a struggling elementary school Writer Ron Berler spent a year in an elementary school trying to turn itself around after failing test scores. His book "Raising the Curve" describes what he saw.
- Malala Yousafzai will write memoir
Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban member in October, is now living in Britain and says she hopes her book will 'reach people around the world so they realize how difficult it is for some children to get access to education.'
- Scott Walker will pen book – is he another presidential hopeful?
Walker's book will be titled 'Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge.'