Topic: National Book Awards
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Bestselling books the week of 12/13/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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11 best books of December, according to Amazon's editors
Looking for a holiday read for yourself or a gift for a voracious reader? These are the best new titles this month, hand-picked by Amazon's editors. Amazon’s editorial director of books and Kindle Sara Nelson tells us why they were chosen.
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15 best books of 2012 – nonfiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the 15 best nonfiction books of 2012.
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10 best books of 2012 – fiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the best novels of 2012.
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Bestselling books the week of 11/22/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse
Presidential biographer Edmund Morris discusses Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and more'I was not drawn to either man because he was president,' says Morris of Roosevelt and Reagan, but instead by 'the enduring fascination of their character.'
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The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010
The poetry of Lucille Clifton is engaging enough to win over any reader.
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3 YA books just perfect for adults
These young freedom fighters are worthy of readers of all ages.
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Bestselling books the week of 12/13/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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11 best books of December, according to Amazon's editors
Looking for a holiday read for yourself or a gift for a voracious reader? These are the best new titles this month, hand-picked by Amazon's editors. Amazon’s editorial director of books and Kindle Sara Nelson tells us why they were chosen.
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15 best books of 2012 – nonfiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the 15 best nonfiction books of 2012.
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10 best books of 2012 – fiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the best novels of 2012.
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Chapter & Verse
Philip Roth's retirement from writing is mourned by a former studentA former Iowa Writers Fiction Workshop participant who studied under Roth wonders how a teacher who instilled in him a deep love of fiction can be throwing in the towel.
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Escape From North Korea
Journalist Melanie Kirkpatrick shares the harrowing stories of North Koreans desperate to escape a despotic regime.
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Bestselling books the week of 11/22/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse
National Book Awards go to 'The Round House' and 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'The National Book Awards were given to writers Louise Erdrich and first-time author Katherine Boo in the fiction and nonfiction categories, respectively, while William Alexander and David Ferry were awarded the young people's literature and poetry prizes.
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Chapter & Verse
Philip Roth announces his retirementPhilip Roth says his novel 'Nemesis,' which was released in 2010, was his last book.
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3 of the most-talked-about novels of fall 2012
Monitor fiction critic Yvonne Zipp reviews National Book Award finalist 'The Round House' and two other acclaimed fall novels.
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Chapter & Verse
National Book Award finalists are announcedJunot Diaz, Dave Eggers, and Katherine Boo all made the cut for final consideration for the award.
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Change Agent
Alice Walker: 'Go to the places that scare you'The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Color Purple' says a life worth living must be fought for. 'You have to go wherever you need to go ... and place yourself there against the forces that would distort you and destroy you.'
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Gore Vidal: a celebrity, a life writ large
Gore Vidal was known as much for his fierce public spats as he was for collected works that included 25 novels, 200 essays, six plays, several screenplays, and a National Book Award for essays on the United States.
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Chapter & Verse
Gore Vidal remembered: a larger-than-life literary presence (+video)Gore Vidal, who died yesterday at the age of 86, was a legendary writer and contrarian commentator.
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From Our Files: the unvarnished Gore Vidal (+video)
Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday, was a prolific American author, provocateur, and Renaissance man. The Monitor's Daniel B. Wood interviewed Vidal in 2006 at his art-studded home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills. Here's the story that emerged from that Vidalian encounter.
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Ray Bradbury remembered for sci-fi classic 'Fahrenheit 451' and other literature
Ray Bradbury passed away Tuesday in California, according to his daughter. 'Fahrenheit 451' was produced on rented typewriters.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/10/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse
Jackie Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis: their Paris yearsJackie Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis may not have much else in common. But they'll always have Paris.
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All Woman and Springtime
Although somewhat comparable to "Memoirs of a Geisha," this tale of North Korean women forced into the sex trade is a darker, crueler story.
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Escape from Camp 14
This true story of life in a North Korean prison camp may be the most disturbing book that you will ever read.
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Chapter & Verse
Adrienne Rich: a voice for the marginalizedAdrienne Rich shaped her verse and prose into a passionate cry for justice.
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Chapter & Verse
Newbery, Caldecott winners: Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka take the top prizesAward-winners Jack Gantos and Chris Raschka both wrote stories based on real-life incidents.
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