BOOKS

CHICAGO – Writer Lisa Findley weighs in on the debate over the depravity of young adult literature that has had the lit and library corner of the Internet all aflutter.

BRIGHTON & HOVE, ENGLAND -- Nicola Cairncross reviews a book that explores just what drives us as human beings and how that plays out in how we live, work and interact together, says what she learned from it -- and explains why you need to read it too.

Author Alan Sitomer says that writing a good book that people want to read is still 100 percent vital, but whereas it used to be an end point, it is now really just a beginning.

In this new feature in the International Business Times, Bob Morris provides a quick review of Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback's book from Harvard Business Review Press.

AUCKLAND -- Neither formal business text nor magazine, it is actually a joyous combination of both, Jonathan Rice writes of Nicholas Beames' new book, which he says contains genuinely useful advice.

If we are what we eat, then are our brains what we read?

DUBAI -- In this opinion piece, Alexander McNabb gives his take on the wonderful story of Sonia Land and Random House.

COMICS: Lucille Ball will be released in August 2011.

Click on through to find out why Books Are the Bomb.

In this opinion piece from Montreal, Saul Carliner points out several reasons why e-books are still in their infancy.

Today's books video is a short piece by business book author Josh Linkner, titled The Average Human Lives to 500.

Paula McLain's novel tops the latest hardcover bestseller fiction list released by IndieBound today.

Shane Harris won the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award For Excellence in Journalism Tuesday night for The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State.

In this opinion piece, Alexander McNabb writes from Dubai that we can perhaps recognize the tipping point has been reached.

In an interview with the International Business Times, the economist and author talks about the category of a book becoming muddy, the attention his work has received, and his practice of liberating books.

It's summer, and the reading is easy (well, easier).

Today's books video is an interview posted by Ashley Memory, the author of a forthcoming, darkly humorous suspense novel.

Books such as America's Climate Choices, and more than 4,000 others, are now available for free online, as the National Academies Press has made all PDF versions of its books downloadable to anyone at no charge.

The blogosphere is full this morning of lists of book recommendations, from business titles that liberal arts students might find handy to an assortment of so many innovative writers (54, to be exact).

After a leaked video trailer of the Hollywood/David Fincher version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo spread widely over the Memorial Day weekend before being pulled by Sony, the officially sanctioned preview is now up.

While the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference which kicked off today in San Francisco is all about operating system innovations, there is a literary element to the proceedings as well.

The author of The Hunger Games trilogy and the writer of the Jack Reacher thrillers are the two newest additions to the Kindle Million Club, Amazon.com announced today.

Annie Jacobsen’s new book, AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base, for the first time, has revealed the history of America’s top secret military base. The book has interviews with scientists, engineers and pilots who have exposed what really happened in the Nevada desert.

What happened during the final week of Jesus of Nazareth's earthly life? Who was responsible for his death - the Romans or the Jewish authorities ... or both?

This is one of the authors and books who correctly forecasted the financial crisis, and told investors exactly how to profit from the consequences. People who followed the simple advice of investing in Gold and hard assets years ago, when this book first appeared in 2004, could multiply their fortune.

Throughout the ages, many things have been used as currency: livestock, grains, spices, shells, beads, and now paper. But only two things have ever been money: gold and silver. When paper money becomes too abundant, and thus loses its value, man always turns back to precious metals. During these times there is always an enormous wealth transfer, and it is within your power to transfer that wealth away from you or toward you. --Michael Maloney, precious metals investment expert

Asia's largest literary festival kicks off this weekend in a historic Indian city, a testament to the growing global influence of Indian literature and its appeal to both publishers and authors.

The blogosphere is rife with speculation about what NASA will say in its press conference tomorrow.

In a radical twist to NASA's accomplishments, British author Nick Redfern has raised many questions on the space agency efforts in exploring outer space, including the Apollo moon landings, the controversial face on Mars, UFO sightings and other secret space programs, in his new book NASA Conspiracies.