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10 sequels based on a classic book

10 authors who wrote a novel based in another author's literary world.
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.
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.
Political misquotes: The 10 most famous things never actually said

Did Sarah Palin really say that she could see Russia from her house? Did Marie Antoinette really say 'Let them eat cake?' Learn the true story behind 10 of the most widely believed – but completely bogus – quotations misattributed to political figures.

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Reader recommendation: The White Company

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
10 sequels based on a classic book

10 authors who wrote a novel based in another author's literary world.
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'The Woman in Black': Daniel Radcliffe talks about his new film role

'The Woman In Black' star Daniel Radcliffe discusses being inspired by classic horror films with Christopher Lee and the moment in the film that made him jump
Fantasy goes dark

As new franchises replace 'Harry Potter' and 'Twilight' a grimmer, more apocalyptic tone haunts the story line.
Murder at Queen Elizabeth's country estate in England?

Call Sherlock Holmes? A woman's body was found on the rural estate where Queen Elizabeth II and the British royal family celebrated New Year's eve.
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.
Chapter & Verse
Project Gutenberg founder Michael Stern Hart: an e-book visionary

Hart was a college student in 1971 when he first glimpsed the potential of the e-book.
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.
As hurricane Irene steams north, Long Island braces for impact

Storm tracks suggest that hurricane Irene could hit Long Island late Sunday. Residents are emptying basements and moving cars in preparation for a storm surge made worse by high tide.
'Flash mob' crimes: How good are police at tracking down culprits?

While the ability to track 'flash mob' lawbreakers on Twitter and other social media platforms offers a powerful, futuristic vision for policing, real-life police response has so far been more Sherlock Holmes and less Blade Runner.
Chapter & Verse
Sherlock Holmes knocked off a school reading list

The Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study in Scarlet," has been taken off the sixth-grade reading list in a Virginia high school.
Write stuff: The workshop that shapes American literature

The Iowa Writers' Workshop, on its 75th anniversary, offers a window into the state of American letters.
Political misquotes: The 10 most famous things never actually said

Did Sarah Palin really say that she could see Russia from her house? Did Marie Antoinette really say 'Let them eat cake?' Learn the true story behind 10 of the most widely believed – but completely bogus – quotations misattributed to political figures.
The Reading Promise

A father reads out loud to his daughter – 3,218 nights in a row.
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Harry Houdini: Why the world needs magicians

It'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.
Top Picks: American Idol returns, 'The Social Network' on DVD, French film online, and more

A new season of Idol (minus Cowell,) 'The Social Network' released on DVD, the first French online film festival, and more recommendations
Classic review: The Black Tower

With a nod to Poe, Bayard pens a mystery about a lost king and a real-life convict.
Chapter & Verse
Sherlock Holmes is on the case again

Sherlock Holmes – the most frequently impersonated fictional character in the world – returns to contemporary London by way of "Masterpiece Mystery"!
South Carolina head scratcher: More curiosities in election of Alvin Greene

The question of how Alvin Greene, a discharged Army soldier living with his dad, won a major US senatorial primary tests South Carolina's bounds of credulity.
The real regular and the new normal

The passing of the designer of New York's iconic coffee cups leads the Monitor's language columnist to mull the shifting meaning of 'regular.'
Chapter & Verse
8 (smart) books for the beach

From the Monitor's summer reading guide: beach reading for smart readers.
What makes a supernova? Scientists thought they knew.

New X-ray research questions the origins of a key type of supernova, and may bend one of astronomy's go-to rulers.
CERN scientists ramp up to restart collider

The Large Hadron Collider restarts on Feb. 15. Will it solve some mysteries of the universe?
Golden Globe nominations tap 'Avatar' and 'Up'

Globes’ nominations offer a rough road map to the Oscars in March.
Talking About Detective Fiction

Master mystery writer P.D. James dissects her craft.