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Free Comic Book Day: 5 things you need to know
Whether you're a comic book devotee or don't know the Fantastic Four from the Avengers, here are 5 things you need to know about the upcoming Free Comic Book Day.
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Chapter & Verse
Target will stop selling Amazon Kindle devices
Is Target now seeing Amazon as an enemy rather than a partner?
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Chapter & Verse
'Between Shades of Gray' – probably not the book you're thinking of
Young adult author Ruta Sepetys says her novel 'Between Shades of Gray,' about a Lithuanian girl sent to one of Stalin's work camps, is frequently being mixed up with E L James' erotic trilogy.
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10 modern proverbs (from the last 100 years)
"The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs" is a collection of contemporary wisdom.
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5 award-winning mystery novels for young adults
Here are five great mystery novels aimed at teenage readers.
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A Difficult Woman
Historian Alice Kessler-Harris attempts an artistic, political, and moral portrait of a challenging subject: Lillian Hellman.
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'Top of the Rock': 8 inside stories about NBC's 'Must See TV'
From 'Friends' to 'Seinfeld,' Warren Littlefield delves into the world behind NBC's blockbuster Thursday night comedies in 'Top of the Rock.'
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Reader recommendation: The Good War
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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'Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down': 5 memories of living in Paris
Author Rosecrans Baldwin dreamed of living in the City of Light, but when he finally did, it wasn't exactly what he expected.
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Chapter & Verse
Why doesn't Stephen King pay more in taxes?
Stephen King's column at the Daily Beast, questioning why he and other well-off Americans aren't paying more in taxes, created controversy among readers.
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DC Comics’ ‘Second Wave’ launches today with four new titles
The DC Comics superhero universe expands with the unveiling of alternate world Earth 2.
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Private Empire
Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll takes a close look at secretive behemoth that is Exxon Mobil.
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Reader recommendation: I Am Because We Are
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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'Jackie After O': 5 stories about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Tina Cassidy's book chronicles the year Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent on her own, after the death of her second husband.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/3/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse
Federal judge throws out civil suit against 'Three Cups of Tea' author Greg Mortenson
Mortenson said in his first public statement in over a year that he was 'subjected to false allegations, vicious name-calling and slander.'
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5 best mystery books for kids
Thrilling but not too frightening, here are 5 children's mysteries that are great for younger readers.
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Chapter & Verse
12 days of disaster that changed Chicago forever
Author Gary Krist looks back at 1919 and the blimp crash, murder, and race riot that made the Chicago the metropolis we know today.
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The Great Divergence
Economic equality has slipped to an alarming low in the United States. In "The Great Divergence" Timothy Noah does an excellent job of telling us how this happened – and why it matters.
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Reader recommendation: The Way of All Flesh
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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