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Hut, Hut, . . . Hike!! Four Great Football Reads
Football season is here and you’re all ready: You found the bar that will play your team’s game every week, your office pool is lined up, and you know this is the year your team will go all the way....
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Escape to the Past: Historical Romances for Every Reader
Labor Day has come and gone, which means the summer is (unofficially) over. As you settle back into real life and the kiddies go back to school, why not treat yourself to a special getaway? Allow...
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Behind the Forbidden Bookshelf: Interference by Dan E. Moldea
For over half a century, America’s vast literary culture has been disparately policed, and imperceptibly contained, by state and corporate entities well-placed and perfectly equipped to wipe out...
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Lore Segal's America
Recognized for her work with both adult and children’s literature, Vienna-born author Lore Segal writes novels that give a poignant look at history and the Jewish experience, often drawn from Segal’s...
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Touchdown! Football Stories from Fred Bowen
Returning to old stomping grounds after a summer away. The muggy August air that hits your face as you climb out of mom’s van for two-a-days. The smell of fresh cut grass, newly lined. Feeling the...
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Escape the Classroom and Travel to a New World!
It’s the end of the summer. The bliss of vacation and time away from school has quickly shifted to the mundane schedule of the academic calendar. But escapes from the real world don’t have to end with...
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Ebooks de Los chicos del vagón de carga, disponibles por primera vez en español
La inolvidable serie de literatura infantil, que ha vendido más de cincuenta millones de copias y está compuesta por 130 títulos, está disponible por primera vez en formato electrónico para los...
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Why Exactly Are Horses So Good for Young Girls?
It seems like every young girl goes through a phase of pony obsession in her childhood or adolescence. For some, that passion manifests itself in rows of new stuffed animals. For others, copies of...
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Dr. Media's Wacky Lecture Series: History of the Fantastically Fantastical
Welcome, my dear students, welcome. Do come in and don’t by shy! For many of you, this may be your first lecture—hopefully it won’t be your last. My name is Dr. Open R. I. Media and this is my class,...
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Four Reads for National Hispanic Heritage Month
“They’d moved around so much in the past three years that she’d gone to six different schools. Palm Springs, Cabazon, Indio: she didn’t look like the rich or poor blond kids or the black kids or the...
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A Family Affair: The Lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt
Ken Burn’s new documentary "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" airing this week on PBS, has attracted considerable attention, as focus on the Roosevelts generally does. Theodore, Franklin, and...
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Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers on Reading, Writing, and Loving the Genre
Fantasy and science fiction have the unique ability to captivate audiences in ways no other genre can. From extraordinary worlds built into the pages of the text to magical encounters with unexpected...
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Sweet Stories to Celebrate a New Year
Rosh Hashanah typically inspires memories of snacking on apples and honey and a sounding of the shofar, each tradition symbolizing the beginning of a “sweet” new year. The two-day period of merriment...
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Get Your Gone Girl Fix with True Crimes of Passion
Think Amy Dunne’s in deep trouble? You haven’t seen anything yet. If you love the dark, deceptive story of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl,or the nonfiction grit of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, then you’ll...
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Yom Kippur for Young Readers: A Learning Experience Through Ebooks
Certain holidays are practically made for kid-friendly celebrations. Between gilt coins, the dreidel game, and making latkes with Mom, Hanukkah is a breeze for entertaining the kids. Rosh Hashanah...
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Writing Clever Heroes AND Clever Villains
Meet Timothy Zahn, the science fiction author who describes his books as “Star Wars played on a chessboard.” In this video, see the genius behind Zahn’s many worlds—worlds where action and thrills...
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Celebrating Ordinary Magic in Alice Hoffman’s Early Novels
Alice Hoffman has been a literary juggernaut since the early 1990s, and she is best known for her most commercially successful novels Practical Magic and Here on Earth, both of which were turned into...
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Happy Constitution Week!
In May, 1787, delegates from 12 legislatures met in Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation—or so they thought. Instead, the Congress of the Confederation developed and proposed the United...
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A Memorable Day for Piers Anthony Fans: Six Releases in One Day, PLUS Win an...
Piers Anthony, author of the bestselling Xanth fantasy series, has not one, not two . . . but SIX new ebooks hitting the e-shelves on October 21.Three Brand New Novels{buybutton id=16451/}1.) Five...
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We’ll Always Have Paris
French novelist Dominique Marny says everything about Paris inspires her.Paris is, and will always be, the city of love. It is where people fall in love, but it’s also where artists—perhaps because of...
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