Spike in sales for next poet laureate
Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet.
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Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet.
Mitch Albom has a new book out - well, not really a book, but a commencement speech in book form. And not in traditional book form, but as an e-book, published exclusively through Amazon.com's Kindle reader.
Teens, too young to vote, purchase cigarettes or beer, are indicted for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment or death. Susan Kuklin, author of "No Choirboy," stresses the importance of two questions in the appeals process: "Are you the sum total of your worst acts?" and "Are we able to determine, justly, what punishment people deserve for their worst act?"
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 12, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
The story of a murder case that gripped Victorian England won Britain's richest nonfiction book prize Tuesday.
An uncut edition of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's "The First Circle," a highly praised and controversial novel published 40 years ago and heavily edited because of its story of a Soviet prison camp, is finally coming out in English.
Breena Clarke's latest novel, "Stand the Storm," spins an engaging, 1850s tale of a strong bond, despite slavery, between mother and son. Clarke captures the heartache of separation, both fleeting and endless. Her prose is intelligent, direct and a voice of the times.
A memoir by Madonna's brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself.
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 5, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
Last summer, writer Jeph Loeb laid Captain America to rest in "Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America," after the Marvel Comics hero was assassinated.
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