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Amy Wilentz is the author of several books, including The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier . She teaches journalism at UC Irvine in Calif...

This weekend's featured friends at Coffee with a Canine: Matthew Dicks and his seven-year-old Lhasa Apso and best friend, Kaleigh . Dick...

The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Framing Equal Opportunity: Law and the Politics of School Finance Reform by Michael Paris . About ...

The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Garrett Peck , author of the recently released The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in Americ...

At Mother Nature Network, Jessica Knoblauch came up with a list of the top ten environmental books of 2009. One book on the list: Eco Baro...

The current feature at the Page 69 Test: The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw . About the book , from the publisher: An inventive and richl...

The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution by Caroline Fraser . About the bo...

The Guardian asked a group of food lovers and food writers about the best food books of the last decade . One title they all mentioned: McG...

Today's featured duo at Coffee with a Canine: Tim Brazier & Miss Jean Brodie , an eight-year-old Scottish Terrier rescue. Brazier is...

The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Beautiful Piece by Joseph G. Peterson . About the book , from the publisher: During a deadly Chica...

The actor Jon Hamm (of Mad Men ) told O, The Oprah Magazine about a few books that made a difference to him. One book on his list: Foucault...

The current feature at the Page 99 Test: The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order by David...

Today's featured contributor at Writers Read: Diane Whiteside , author of many books including Kisses Like A D evil , a new chapter in t...

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Ghastly Glass by Joyce and Jim Lavene . The entry begins: Ghastly Glass is the second book in our Renai...

For the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best poisonings in literature . One novel on the list: I, Claudius by Robert Graves Top poi...

Today's featured duo at Coffee with a Canine: Angela aka "SciFiChick" and Laney . Angela, on Laney's best quality: Besides...

The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis by Jennifer Brier . About the book ,...

The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Murder in Mykonos by Jeffrey Siger . About the book , from the publisher: When politically incorre...

Ian Rankin is a worldwide #1 bestselling writer, and has won an Edgar Award, a Gold Dagger for fiction, a Diamond Dagger for career excelle...

The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Caroline B. Cooney , author of more than 75 suspense, mystery, and romance novels for teen...