Topic: Olympus

Bestselling books the week of 10/20/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 10/13/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

'Percy Jackson' author Rick Riordan ventures into Norse mythology.

Popular children's author Rick Riordan says he wants to bring Thor and Odin and other Norse gods into the modern world.

6 best children's books, as voted on by kids

It's Children’s Book Week 2011 and to celebrate 500,000 young readers across the US had a chance to vote for their favorite books. Here are the titles, authors, and illustrators that this year's record-breaking number of kid voters chose to honor as 2011 Children's Choice Awards winners.

Making better tech: It's not 'magic'

From car windows to iPads, new technology begins with a 'wow' and ends with a yawn -- but by then we've moved on to the new thing.

Classic review: Drood

Charles Dickens stars in a thriller.

New International Space Station crew blasts off on Soyuz rocket

New International Space Station crew departed from a Russian Soyuz rocket on Tuesday. Two Americans and one Russian cosmonaut are onboard.

How Facebook improves online conversation

Rude comments are the bane of the Web, but Facebook and other forums offer a remedy

Yankee from Olympus

The Last Olympian

Teens battle Titans in this lively update of Greek myths for middle readers.

Drood

Charles Dickens stars in a thriller.

The Phelps Olympics: An epic fit for ancient Greece

Michael Phelps’s eight gold medals in these Games could help make the swimmer the greatest Olympian of all time.

How to make your kids’ computer time educational – and fun

The Monitor’s technology columnist gives his educational software “best of” list.