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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/5/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/22/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/15/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at bookstores across America.
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Revolution 2011: What comes next is not the end of the story
Some revolutions lead to a flowering of democracy. Some backslide into anarchy or dictatorship. But there's always another chapter to be written.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/13/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Will Obama repeat the Republicans' Big Lie?
At his upcoming State of the Union, will President Obama continue to endorse the Big Lie that the Republicans have been telling, or unveil a Big Truth?
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Top 10 worst moments in fiscal policy 2010
Home-buyer tax credit extension? Obama-GOP tax deal? Here's my Top 10.
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Bestselling books the week of 11/23/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Guy Fawkes Day 2010: Why Americans want to 'remember, remember the fifth of November'
Guy Fawkes Day 2010 gives Brits occasion to burn in effigy the revolutionary who attempted to violently restore Catholicism in 1605. But some see him as a symbol for dramatic change in government.
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Who's your dead mentor?
Five reasons why an author from the past may do more to energize your writing than any of today's hip young marvels.
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The Best American Essays 2010
The essays in this year's anthology – edited by Christopher Hitchens – are both varied and bold.
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Banned Books Week: Let's not forget the writers
Banned Books Week is often celebrated by making lists of banned volumes. But what is the fate of the writers behind those titles?
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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.
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Bestelling books the week of 8/19/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/5/10 according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Opinion: For biased critics of Israel, even its defensive actions violate human rights
Legitimate debate is one thing. But reflexive bias against Israel means even basic security efforts to defend innocent civilians are criticized as violations of human rights.
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Bestselling books the week of 7/29/10 according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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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.
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Bestselling books the week of 7/15/10 according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Why US entrepreneurs are repressed
The economy naturally wants to create jobs, but in too many cases the government says those jobs are illegal. The reigning philosophy says that workers need protected, whether or not they want to be.
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Bestselling books the week of 7/1/10 according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 6/17/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Clegg promises to reel in British super-state
A “power revolution” in Britain will be promised by Nick Clegg as he tries to put his personal stamp on the Government.
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The rage over Goldman Sachs is misplaced
By claiming that Goldman Sachs derivatives had no social value, critics are missing the important and healthy market signals they send.
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Mark Twain: Man in White
A close look at the last four years of Mark Twain's life.
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Best books for the next generation: Harry Potter – and "The 9/11 Commission Report"?
British readers had some unusual answers when asked what books they most wanted to pass on to the next generation.
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Nothing to Envy
The stories of six North Korean defectors offer a chilling portrait of life in an Orwellian society.
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Portland promotes urban cycling, but costs will be high
The eco-conscious city plans to build more than 680 miles of new bikeways in the coming two decades at a cost of $613 million.
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