The news is out. Bestselling Harry Potter franchise authoress JK Rowling, in addition to her recent work of adult fiction, The Casual Vacancy, also tossed off a detective novel. The Cuckoo’s Calling, first in what is expected to […]
In Ecclesiastes 1:9, a writer purporting to be Solomon etches into the Bible the thought that “there is nothing new under the sun.” Thomas Wolfe, early 20th Century American novelist once wrote, “Of all I […]
This Wednesday, President Obama welcomed the twenty-four recipients of this year’s National Medals for the Arts and National Humanities Medals. Among those honored included Herb Alpert, Tony Kushner, George Lucas, Jill Ker Conway, Marilynne Robinson, […]
Watch This Video of How To Remove a Bookplate from a Book To Remove or Not To Remove So you have a book with a bookplate. And you want to remove the bookplate and display […]
The Daily Beast “Book Bag” recently compiled a list of books that famous authors and scholars thought no college graduate should be released from academia without having read. Respondents included Jill Lepore, Teju Cole, Alice […]
Looking for a new voice? A novel to take with you to the beach this summer? Join Callie Wright, award winning short-story writer and staffer at Vanity Fair for a reading and signing of her […]
Re-read this classic—Ayn Rand’s fourth and final novel— just in time for the third film installment of Atlas Shrugged. (We all know the book is usually better than the movie anyway.) This Deluxe Limited Edition […]
Happy Fourth of July Weekend! Before we all head back to work on Monday, here’s a look at what’s been happening this week. Featured Book Signings and Special Events: Ann Leary and Peter Biskind Two […]
Rumor has it DreamWorks is currently negotiating with John Steinbeck’s estate to acquire film rights for a new adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath. Steven Spielberg has always been a fan of John Ford, who […]
Join Peter Biskind, celebrated film historian and acclaimed author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Down and Dirty Pictures, and Star, for a reading and signing of his latest, My Lunches With Orson: Conversations between Henry […]
Wouldn’t it be great if our furniture could make a difference? Well, according to a 2010 Study for the Institute for the Study of Labor, it can. The study concludes that children whose parents who […]
Ever wonder what goes into narrating an audio book? Or why certain audio versions capture your attention more than others? Find out from the narrators themselves, in conversation with the author. Join Ann Leary, author […]
Have you read Stephen King’s latest novel, Joyland? The Huffington Post, as part of their “Under the Covers” series, recently interviewed cover designer, Max Phillips, according to whom, you can sometimes judge a book by its […]
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