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- Between the Lines
Not all of the 'Between''s brain-teasers are resolved, but Picoult and van Leer's novel has a universal appeal.
- Shooting Victoria
Writer Paul Thomas Murphy's crisp prose provides a vivid look at the various assassination attempts against Queen Victoria.
- Heinrich Barth: the greatest explorer you've never heard of
Writer Steve Kemper tackles Barth in the first biography in English about the explorer who ventured into Islamic Africa.
- The Big Read: National initiative returns for its seventh year
The National Endowment of the Arts will provide grants to communities for the read-a-thon program.
- City
P.D. Smith takes a thorough and engaging look at the urban lifestyle more than half the planet has now embraced – for better or for worse.
- 10 best comic works in all of literature A list of the top 10 comic works – books you don't want to miss.
- Henry David Thoreau: 12 quotes on his birthday Here are 12 quotes to mark the birthday of American poet, author, naturalist, philosopher, and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau.
- Two of the best-written mysteries of the summer Two novels that marry a page-turning whodunit with lyrical writing.
- Gabriel García Márquez may never write again
The Nobel Prize-winning author's brother says the effects of dementia mean Márquez may be unable to write.
- The 10 greatest villains in literature A list of the 10 greatest villains in all of literature – the most memorable bad-guys of the fictive world .
- E. B. White: 10 memorable quotes on his birthday E. B. White was a much loved and prolific writer, best known for his children's books. Here are 10 of his most memorable quotes.
- Bestselling books the week of 7/12/12, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.