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May Deals: $1.99 Ebook Sale
Five excellent ebooks are on sale for $1.99 from participating retailers throughout the month of May. Whether you’re a budding chef, a mystery junkie, or a fiction fanatic, there’s an ebook here for...
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Reporting on Motherhood: Domestic Affairs (A Perfect Mother’s Day Present!)
The below is excerpted from Joyce Maynard’s Domestic Affairs, on sale for $1.99 through Mother’s Day. An unforgettable collection of essays on the everyday thrills and challenges of marriage and...
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Jewish American Heritage Month: Great Literature on Sale from $1.99
For the last seven years, the month of May has been celebrated in the United States as Jewish American Heritage Month to honor Jewish life in America.“Jewish Americans’ impact on our nation predates...
View ArticleTweetstakes: Rosemary’s Baby
Read it before you see it! NBC is premiering the new TV movie of “Rosemary’s Baby,” starring Zoe Saldana on May 11th and May 15th. Enter for a chance to win a copy of Rosemary’s...
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Teachers Are Heroes: 5 Fictional Teachers Who Rock
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with heroic educators from five classic novels. Get inspired by quotes from Mr. Chips, Miss Brodie, and the rest of the men and women who stand up in front of...
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Military Monday: Announcing A New Partnership with Charlie Foxtrot Books
Open Road Media officially launches our partnership with Charlie Foxtrot Books this week. Charlie Foxtrot Books is a new publisher with the aim to “Publish stories inspired by heroes . . . simple.”...
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Depression Awareness Week: 8 Quotes from Darkness Visible
May is Mental Health Month, and this week is National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week.In 1989, the writer William Styron became one of the first celebrities to publicly acknowledge his battle...
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Five of the Creepiest Places in Portland to Get You Pumped for the World...
What is it about the Pacific Northwest? From Seattle’s famous Underground—the network of tunnels once used as opium dens and Prohibition-era speakeasies—to the numerous haunted bars, tunnels, and...
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The Carnival Killer: Simon Bognor Returns in Yet Another Death in Venice
There has been Yet Another Death in Venice, but this time, it isn’t Gustav von Aschenbach searching through the canals. Instead, it’s Simon Bognor—Tim Heald’s unlikely PI, who is tasked with finding a...
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Madre, sólo hay una
Madre, sólo hay unaCuando llega mi cumpleaños, siempre pienso que, ese día, se debería homenajear a mi madre, no a mí. Ese día ella dio a luz, ella me había llevado nueve meses en su barriga, ella me...
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A Mother's Day Tribute to Cynthia Freeman from Her Son
Sheldon Freeman Feinberg is the son of author Cynthia Freeman, who wrote such novels as Come Pour the Wine, No Time for Tears, and The Last Princess. To date, her works have sold more than twenty...
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Samuel R. Delany Named Grand Master of Science Fiction at the Forty-Ninth...
Science fiction is about to crown a new Grand Master. Samuel R. Delany will receive this honor at the Nebula Awards banquet on May 17.The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award honors lifetime...
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Who Was Agrippa? Jean-Claude Lattès Describes His Inspiration for The Last...
Agrippa the First, a contemporary of Jesus Christ, was, after King David and King Solomon, the greatest sovereign, yet he was also the most unknown. I asked myself why this was so. Was he lost to...
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Four Ideas That Would Make Amazing Steampunk Stories
Steampunk is cropping up all over the mainstream. From the new Sherlock Holmes movies to an episode of Portlandia to the forthcoming TV series Penny Dreadful, the fanciful subgenre and subculture is...
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Female Writers and Magical Realism Although magical realism has become a hallmark of Latin American culture, aspects of the style are found in literature from around the world. When discussing pillars...
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Retro Reads May Selection: No Quarter Asked by Janet Dailey
Spring is in full bloom, and we are so excited to announce that our romance list is undergoing a serious spring renewal. As you may have heard, we recently acquired the ebook publisher E-Reads—a deal...
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Spotlight on: James Neal Harvey's Dark Thrillers
Good news for thriller fans: The Big Hit, James Neal Harvey’s latest spine-tingler, comes out on July 29! It’s about time, too. The Big Hit is Harvey’s first thriller in over fifteen years, the last...
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Introducing Our Book Club Guide and Recommendations Series
Best Short Story Picks for Book Club DiscussionsWelcome to our new series on book clubs. At the beginning of every month (and possibly more often), we’ll present top recommendations for your club, as...
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History Comes Alive in Nine Novels
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” —Michael Crichton Michael Crichton was certainly on to something: knowing what has...
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The Family That Geeks Together . . . Open Road Authors and Staff Celebrate...
Happy Geek Pride Day! May 25 marks the international celebration of all things geek—from gaming to math to really epic soundtracks—and of course, the people who love them. Are you deeply invested in a...
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