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New York City on the Brink: The Truth Behind "The Darkness"

Jason Pinter | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books


Jason Pinter

With unemployment skyrocketing, the city facing a $5 billion gap, with fewer cops on the streets and more people needing to do whatever it takes to survive, New York City is a powder keg.

9 Of Your Favorite Books: Huffington Post November Readers' Picks (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books


Ever since we posted our first installment of the HuffPost Readers' Picks, we've gotten a flood of further reader recommendations. The feature has bee...

The State of the Crime Novel

Jason Pinter | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books


Jason Pinter

I've asked six of the most renowned crime fiction critics in the country to weigh in with their thoughts on the state of the crime novel. I hope you find their responses as interesting as I did.

A Life in Books

Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books


Jessie Kunhardt

I've never really been able to imagine myself in a job that didn't have something to do with books, which is how I ended up as the HuffPost Books Intern.

Going "Indie": Rebranding the New Wave of Authors

Rob Asghar | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books


Rob Asghar

Stop calling yourself a self-published author. You are an independent author, and you wrote an independently published book, not a self-published book.

Celebrity Memoir 101

Jason Pinter | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books


Jason Pinter

A new celebrity memor in the bestselling tradition of Paris Hilton, Bret Michaels, Jodie Sweetin, Jerry O'Connell, Tori Spelling, Dustin Diamond, Maureen McCormick and David Hasselhoff.

The New York Review of Books' Adventures in New Media

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books


Arianna Huffington

It's great to see a venerable institution such as the New York Review of Books getting excited by all that the new media have to offer. That's why I want to call your attention to the NYR's new blog.

Take A Deep Breath...And Join The Slow Movement

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books


Send in your suggestions for next month's book club pick to amyhertz@huffingtonpost.com. So by now you know that Arianna's first Huffington Post Book...

Announcing My First Pick for the HuffPost Book Club: In Praise of Slowness

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.07.2009 | Books


Arianna Huffington

My first pick for the HuffPost Book Club is In Praise of Slowness, a terrific book by Carl Honore about the need for a more balanced existence.

Attention Fellow Book Lovers: HuffPost's New Books Section Is Here

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books


Arianna Huffington

My love affair with books is a long one. As a little girl growing up in Athens, I remember sending my friends home early from my fifth birthday party because all that celebrating was keeping me away from my books. Who needed friends and cake? I had my books! Since I was 21, there hasn't been a time when I wasn't researching or writing a book. Until now. So, instead of my signing another book contract, we are launching a Books section, in partnership with the New York Review of Books, where you'll find the latest book-related news and blog posts, book reviews, all sorts of special features, and, of course, articles from the New York Review of Books. So if you love books, reading, and good writing, please check out HuffPost Books.

Books: The Watering Hole

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books


Amy Hertz

When Arianna asked me to think about a Books section for The Huffington Post, I thought, why a new books section, why Huffington Post, why now?

Learning to Eat Less: How Understanding Your Brain Can Make You Healthier

Darya Pino | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living


Darya Pino

To break the cycle of conditioned hypereating we must redirect our automatic response to the kinds of foods that cause us to overeat.

Rick Warren Crowdsources New Book Cover on 99designs.com

Yahoo.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--99designs.com, the largest marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design, today announced that Rick Warren, best selling...

Jay Leno Screws Up Plot Of Hamlet While Mocking Kids For Not Reading Books (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy


The folks at Media Yenta caught a gaffe on the "Jay Leno Show" last night. The host was doing a segment about back to school stuff, like smiling swine...

Prison Reverses Ban On Books

Washington Post | Maria Glod | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media


Virginia inmates will once again be able to receive free Bibles, dictionaries and other books from a nonprofit group, after state prison officials rev...

Meet Me at The Shack

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Matlack

For Mack, and for us as readers, what transpires in the shack requires creative imagination not unlike that in any number of fantastic tales. But in this case the subject is far closer to home: the healing of a broken heart.

Generation-Y Bloggers: How To Improve Your Writing Overnight

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media


Diane Tucker

The Elements of Style is a masterpiece on the art of writing well, and it's a surprisingly quick read. Seriously, this rhetoric rulebook is so slim, it'll fit in the pocket of your hoodie.

What's So Funny?

Zachary Wagman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media


Zachary Wagman

For some reason, coming up with a list of funny books is harder than coming up with a list of funny movies. But there are tons of funny books out there! I thought it'd be fun to classify some of my favorites.

The Best Books You're Not Reading

Zachary Wagman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


Zachary Wagman

One of my favorite questions to ask friends, family, fellow editors, or, really, any reader is "What's the best book I'm not reading?" If someone were to ask me that question, this would be my answer.

Book Review: Held in the Light: Norman Morrison's Sacrifice for Peace and His Family's Journey of Healing

Megan Pillow | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Megan Pillow

Morrison's self-immolation was seen as both a hopeful and a desperate act, sparking feelings of both empathy and outrage across a nation that had already seen its share of death.

Zelizer's Book Corner: Can We Move Beyond Polarization in Washington?

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


Julian E. Zelizer

If President-elect Obama is serious about post-partisanship, he will need to deal with some of the institutional factors that cause polarization regardless of who is in power.

The Race Factor: How Far We've Come

David S. Reynolds | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


David S. Reynolds

If the polls are accurate, for the first time an African American is poised to take the nation's highest political office. We can appreciate just how momentous this is by looking back in history.

Van Jones Q&A About His New Book "The Green Collar Economy"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick and Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green


Environmental activist Van Jones' new book "The Green Collar Economy" debuted at number 12 on the New York Times best sellers list this week. The book...

Nick Sabloff

How Environmental Activist Van Jones' Book "The Green Collar Economy" Reached The NYT Best Sellers List

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Social and environmental activist Van Jones felt he had important message about the economy, energy prices and global warming to impart in his book "T...

Pitch Black - Paul Auster's Man in the Dark

Adrienne Celt | Posted 10.24.2008 | Entertainment


Adrienne Celt

Paul Auster's new novel, Man in the Dark, steps into the dizzying tapestry of individual human consciousness and dances there.