Topic: Arthur Conan Doyle
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'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
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'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes
As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars
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10 sequels based on a classic book
10 authors who wrote a novel based in another author's literary world.
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10 book-to-movie adaptations coming this holiday season
These movies adapted from both children's and adult books are hitting the screen this holiday season.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
From Austen and Conan Doyle imitators to a reporter following a mysterious homicide, these five novels are sure to please any mystery fan
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My Ideal Bookshelf
Thessaly La Force's collection of essays on cultural figures' favorite books will fascinate any bibliophile.
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Chapter & Verse
'The Casual Vacancy' and 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' adaptations will air on the BBC'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' episodes will air in 2013, while 'The Casual Vacancy' series is expected in 2014.
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Top Picks: Elegantly bound classic books, a Cold War miniseries, and more
National Geographic showcases some big cats, Nokia does Apple one better by offering clear directions, and more.
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'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
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Showdown at Shepherd’s Bush
'Showdown' is a peek into a fascinating moment in time at the Olympic Games.
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Chapter & Verse
Literary classics get the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' treatmentClassics are getting steamy makeovers, from 'Pride and Prejudice' to... 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'?
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Latin America Monitor
Indigenous Venezuelans demand return of rock from GermanyThe 35-ton Kueka stone is claimed by some Pemón as a spiritual "grandmother" that belongs in Venezuela, not a Berlin park.
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'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes
As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars
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10 sequels based on a classic book
10 authors who wrote a novel based in another author's literary world.
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On Conan Doyle
Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda offers a love letter to Arthur Conan Doyle, the author he credits with changing his life.
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10 book-to-movie adaptations coming this holiday season
These movies adapted from both children's and adult books are hitting the screen this holiday season.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
From Austen and Conan Doyle imitators to a reporter following a mysterious homicide, these five novels are sure to please any mystery fan
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Culture Cafe
'Sherlock Holmes 2' looks to be as big and loud as its predecessor'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' has a trailer with even more explosions and one-liners than the first Robert Downey Jr. movie.
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Bestselling books the week of 12/1/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bumps in the night
Hearing the prolonged creaking sound and occasional clump, an imaginative boy surveyed his options.
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Chapter & Verse
Project Gutenberg founder Michael Stern Hart: an e-book visionaryHart was a college student in 1971 when he first glimpsed the potential of the e-book.
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Fall books: 20 nonfiction titles you don't want to miss
From the energy crisis to The Doors, from Hitler’s Germany to Rin Tin Tin, here are the nonfiction titles that have readers buzzing this fall.
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Chapter & Verse
Sherlock Holmes knocked off a school reading listThe Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study in Scarlet," has been taken off the sixth-grade reading list in a Virginia high school.
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Stir It Up!
Guyanese chow meinA traditional Guyanese dish that reveals a fusion of Asian influences.
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Horizons
Harry Houdini: Why the world needs magiciansIt's the 137th anniversary of the birth of Harry Houdini, an apt occasion to acknowledge the conjurers, escapologists, and prestidigitators who continually remind us that all is not what it seems.
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Chapter & Verse
Sherlock Holmes: He's back!Sherlock Holmes will return to the written page in a new novel authorized by the Arthur Conan Doyle estate.
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Argentina bank heist echoes Woody Allen films and Sherlock Holmes tales
In the Argentina bank heist over the weekend, a band of thieves tunneled through a 100-foot-hole into a neighboring bank and stole the contents of more than 100 safety deposit boxes.
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Classic review: The Black Tower
With a nod to Poe, Bayard pens a mystery about a lost king and a real-life convict.
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Chapter & Verse
Sherlock Holmes is on the case againSherlock Holmes – the most frequently impersonated fictional character in the world – returns to contemporary London by way of "Masterpiece Mystery"!
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Chapter & Verse
8 (smart) books for the beachFrom the Monitor's summer reading guide: beach reading for smart readers.
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