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What's the latest in children's books? What books published this fall are creating some buzz? Many of them are sequels or follow-ups. Sequels include Christopher Paolini's Brisingr,...

I'm reading 1929 classic Mamba's Daughters by poet Dubose Heyward. Gershwin made famous the story of Porgy and Bess, but Heyward tells the lyrical tale of blacks and whites in Charleston and their complex layers of relationships.

Ally, short for Alpha, and her younger brother know a lot about constellations. After all, they live at Moon Shadow Campground, in the middle of nowhere, with lots of big sky, telescopes, and infinite stars.

The Washington Post has a blog today entitled "Long Wait at the Polls? Bring a Book." It's a good idea and some of their suggestions are worth repeating.

In this sequel to The Mummy Returns, Rick O'Connell and his family awaken an Emperor of ancient China and his terracotta army.

Everyday situations became open portals to fantasy and horror in Stephen King's succinct, fast-moving new collection.

George Carlin's daughter has a deal with Hyperion Books to do an oral history of her father's life, due in fall 2009. She promises ...

Is there life after Harry Potter? There is for devoted fan Melissa Anelli, who has turned her Potter passion into a new book, ...

Ms. Ferguson's 1980 book "The Aquarian Conspiracy" became a bible of the New Age movement.

By Matthew Shaer Monitor Staff Writer,  New York Nick Belardes believes in brevity. He hews close to that hallowed maxim, beloved by middle school English teachers and old-fashioned newsmen alike: Keep it simple, stupid. "People need to be educated to be more concise," says Mr. Belardes, a journalist and novelist based in Bakersfield, ...