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50 Books to Celebrate International Women’s Day
50 Books to Celebrate International Women’s Day
By Michelle King
March 07, 2014

Honor International Women’s Day with these books celebrating the lives and achievements of women around the world.

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15 Fantastic Audiobooks Available for Free Online
15 Fantastic Audiobooks Available for Free Online
By Jake Flanagin
March 06, 2014

Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald — it’s all here for the taking.

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7 Books by Celebrity Authors That are Actually Worth Reading
7 Books by Celebrity Authors That are Actually Worth Reading
By Adina Applebaum
March 05, 2014

Spoiler Alert: None of them are by Pamela Anderson.

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Happy Mardi Gras: Literary Characters You Would Love to Party with Off the Page
Happy Mardi Gras: Literary Characters You Would Love to Party with Off the Page
By Freddie Moore
March 04, 2014

What better way to celebrate Carnival than with a parade of characters who know how to get down?

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The Men Behind the Pipe: The 5 Best Sherlock Holmes Portrayals in History
The Men Behind the Pipe: The 5 Best Sherlock Holmes Portrayals in History
By Benjamin Welton
March 04, 2014

We celebrate the great detective’s literary debut 127 years ago today with an overview of some of the most riveting actors to ever claim it was "elementary."

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10 Modern Day Book Burnings
10 Modern Day Book Burnings
By Adina Applebaum
March 03, 2014

Book burnings are still happening in more places and more frequently than you might imagine.

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10 Successful Writers Who Had Disabilities
10 Successful Writers Who Had Disabilities
By Michelle King
March 03, 2014

We honor Helen Keller meeting her teacher Anne Sullivan 127 years ago today by sharing the stories of 10 incredible writers with disabilities.

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What We Learned from Our First Ever Book Swap Party
What We Learned from Our First Ever Book Swap Party
By Black Balloon Publishing
February 28, 2014

Books, wine, books, pizza, books, maracas — it was a whirlwind of drunken nerding out, and we loved every second of it.

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CUT: Differences Between Oscar-Nominated Adaptations & the Original Books
CUT: Differences Between Oscar-Nominated Adaptations & the Original Books
By Adina Applebaum
February 28, 2014

Because not only is the book always better than the movie, it’s also always different.

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5 Writers Who Suffered from Mental Illnesses & the Impact It Had on Their Art
5 Writers Who Suffered from Mental Illnesses & the Impact It Had on Their Art
By Kim McCann
February 26, 2014

While mental illness isn’t a prerequisite for producing great art, some evidence suggests that there may be a connection between it and creativity.

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