The novel, many like to say, is dead or dying. Don't believe that for a minute. 2014 was a banner year for great fiction, some of which will leave an impression you will not soon...
This is why Voldemort didn't win.
What would those closest to you say was the purpose of your life?
Some writers have what can best be called "perfect timing," and two in particular--Marc Fisher and Michael Kranish--may have timed their latest book on Donald Trump better than anyone ever has. Fisher and Kranish, who...
Spanish Fort High School in Alabama has put some very controversial books on its Advanced Placement summer reading list. The book is just chock full of right-wing propaganda.
Some of the book titles are:
Liberalism is...
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report isn’t exactly pleasure reading. It outlines how the CIA developed and deployed a system of black sites around the world to torture people implicated in terrorism during the George...
Language is what separates us from the animals. Only humans have the ability to use a vocabulary of words to communicate, and yet there are plenty of words that we frequently mispronounce. When we do...
As a kid growing up in a small town in rural Arkansas, I was blessed to live within walking distance of a truly awesome small library. I would have loved having online access to all...
Conservative writer Amelia Hamilton decided it was time to pervert the popular children’s fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood,” and turn it into a children’s book full of National Rifle Association talking points. To NRA Family's delight,...
30 years ago, Tony Schwartz agreed to be the ghostwriter for Donald Trump's book The Art of the Deal, and he now says he deeply regrets that because he fears may have helped Trump become president....
Has cold and flu season finally caught up with you? It's not a lot of fun, but cold medication plus just the right book as you drift off to sleep could result in some very...
In the country of Oceania, the setting of George Orwell's prescient 1949 novel 1984, the Ministry of Truth is charged with the role of re-writing history according to the Inner Party's ephemeral political interests.
Ministry of...
There are millions of books (and lots of advice) on the market about financial freedom and independence. Across the market you'll find a huge amount of trash, and a huge amount of useful stuff. Here...
Are you frantically trying to purchase all those holiday gifts you need? Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and other holidays are approaching rapidly! Would someone on your gift list appreciate a colorful, energetic picture book with the...
Behind every iconic Normal Rockwell painting was a photograph. The book Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera illustrates these photographs that made history through art. You can listen to the story behind this project on the...
As it turns out, Ray Bradbury may have been more prescient when he wrote "Fahrenheit 451"?than even he could have imagined. Bradbury's classic novel envisioned a society in which books were burned by "firemen" if...
Have you ever wished you could be inside an NFL dressing room?
Now you can. A new book exposing the ins and outs of NFL Locker Rooms is about to be released. It will detail how...
The sad increase in interracial violence in recent months has proven the old adage, "He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it." So taking that into consideration, at what age do we begin...
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To support Small Business Saturday, Pres. Obama has made a tradition...
Stephen King is a master when it comes to writing thrilling suspense. He is responsible for contemporary classics, most of which have been hugely successful as both novels and films. The Shining, It, Pet Cemetery, Misery,...
