Topic: Ernest Hemingway

"The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris," by John Baxter

Take a delicious walk through Paris in the memoirs of this author-turned-Parisian-tour-guide.

The top 10 books of all time

Readers of books love lists. That's why book-review editor J. Peder Zane asked 125 writers – everyone from Norman Mailer to Jonathan Franzen to Margaret Drabble – to pick their very favorite books of all time. Out of all the books in the world, here are the 10 most selected by Zane's illustrious group. (You can see this and other book lists in Zane's book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books.")

Was the world sweeter before 9/11?

From airport security to overseas wars, the world changed dramatically as a result of 9/11. That doesn't mean it was better before.

A book that brought God closer

As The King James translation of the Bible marks its 400th anniversary, its deep influence and prominence are slipping.

Egypt crisis: What role will Omar Suleiman play?

Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman, who addressed Egyptians after the televised speech of President Hosni Mubarak Thursday, urged Tahrir Square protesters to 'go home.' It is unclear how much power Suleiman now wields.

France finds a hero in former Nazi prisoner turned bestselling author

Former Nazi prisoner Stéphane Hessel argues that figures like Martin Luther King Jr. prove that hope mixed with an 'unwillingness to compromise on human rights' can defeat oppression.

5 novels for the new year

If you're a fiction reader, you are going to want to pick up at least one of these early 2011 novels.

Three Parisian paths to bliss

A mission to find the best chocolat chaud in Paris.

JFK trivia: His presidential library houses papers of which famous author?

The presidential library began with FDR, and one for George W. Bush broke ground last week. JFK's includes a collection from an American novelist.

Banned Books Week: Why these 10 classics got kicked out of class

Is this is a roundup of objectionable literature – or a Great Books roster? The same titles that some call great literature others find to be filthy, bad, or dangerous. Here are a handful of the often surprising – and sometimes downright baffling – reasons that objectors around the world wanted to ban these books.

The Postcatastrophe Economy

Macroeconomic sage Eric Janszen makes a case that the same forces that caused the last economic crash will cause the next one too.

Channeling my inner Hemingway – or not

'I Write Like,' a hot new website, purports to tell visitors which bestselling authors' work their prose most resembles.

Catalonia votes for less death in the afternoon with bullfighting ban

Catalonia, the Spanish region where independence sentiment runs strong, voted to ban bullfighting in a move that some said stressed its differences from the rest of Spain. But the old pastimes popularity is fading, and activists said it was simply the humane thing to do.

Catalonia outlaws bullfighting. What would Hemingway say?

Even as the tide turns against bullfighting, Ernest Hemingway is remembered as a champion of the sport.

Reading on the iPad, Kindle may slow you down

A Nielsen study finds that readers read more rapidly from a physical book than an e-reader – but still preferred the e-reader.

War

Sebastian Junger’s ‘War’ details the US Army’s disastrous occupation of Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.

Meet the hot new Web interface: fingers

From the iPad to Firefox, the Droid to Google Chrome -- no matter what cool digital tool you use, the crucial interface is the one we've used more than 130 years: fingers on a keyboard.

A Farewell to Arms

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The beauty of the six-word memoir

How short can you tell it? Your life in just six words

Anne Frank

Francine Prose tells the story of Anne Frank’s diary: how it come to be written and what happened to it once it appeared in the world.

John Morris: An eye-witness to the rise of photojournalism

As a life-long photo editor, John Morris shepherded some of the 20th century's most iconic images and most well-regarded photographers.

IndieBound* hardcover bestseller list 7/23/09

Desperately seeking Austen

Amazon takes one more step toward in-book advertisements for the Kindle