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Newbery, Caldecott winners: Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka take the top prizes
Award-winners Jack Gantos and Chris Raschka both wrote stories based on real-life incidents.
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Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
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Edith Wharton: 10 best quotes on her 150th birthday
On Edith Wharton's 150th birthday, 10 quotes from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
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Nancy Pearl, the librarian of 'Book Lust,' signs a deal with Amazon
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Liberation Square
Egyptian journalist Ashraf Khalil brings insight and thorough reporting to his account of the end of the Hosni Mubarak government.
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Stephen King's 10 favorite books
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