Topic: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Bestselling books the week of 1/27/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Cleopatra: the true story

"Cleopatra" biographer Stacy Schiff talks about the real face of one of the most powerful women ever to live.

New public school 'core standards': Which states might not sign on?

The core standards unveiled Wednesday would establish a national bar for what students in any state should know when they graduate from high school. But some states are wary.

Bestselling books, week of 1/14/10, according to IndieBound*

1/14/10 bestseller lists based on reporting from independent bookstores

Do we really want to curl up with an e-book?

E-books and e-readers work well with page-turners, best-sellers, and text-heavy tomes -- not so well when a book needs images or a book-lover needs the look and feel of ink and paper.

Bestselling children's books, according to Indie Bound*

Beyond the question of age

A Christian Science perspective.