All Books
- Nashville turns Poetry in Motion program into contest for local poets
Previous years saw cities draping buses and subway cars with text from poems by famous writers. Now the Music City is asking a panel to choose works by local writers for display.
- Six books compete for the prize of Oddest Book Title of the Year
The Bookseller magazine will be giving out the award for the thirty-fifth year in a row, with competitors including 'Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop' and 'How To Sharpen Pencils.'
- "The Double V" and "The Slaves' Gamble"
Two recent releases chronicle the contentious history of blacks in the US military.
- Reader recommendation: The Betrayal of the American Dream
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Three indie bookstores file lawsuit against Amazon and Big Six publishers
The stores charge that secret agreements made between the publishers and Amazon give Amazon the advantage in selling e-books, but some industry observers find flaws in their logic.
- 'The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend': 8 stories from the set In "The Searchers," writer Glenn Frankel explores the making of the movie which is often called the best Western of all time.
- Patricia Cornwell wins lawsuit against financial firm
Patricia Cornwell – thriller author and creator of Kay Scarpetta – was awarded $51 million in damages from the financial firm that she says caused her to miss a book deadline.
- Bill O'Reilly book: 'Killing Jesus' due out in September
Bill O'Reilly book: 'Killing Jesus: A History' is due out in September says publisher. Bill O'Reilly has also written books titled "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy."
- Ron Paul will pen book advocating a free-market approach to education
The former congressman's book, titled 'New School Manifesto,' is scheduled for a September release.
- Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of Siberia
Science writer Surendra Verma looks back at the 'Tunguska event,' a mysterious occurrence in Siberia in 1908 which, like the 2013 meteorite, caused injuries and damage when the sky exploded.