Working With Ghosts: A Haunted Bookstore courtesy of Michelle Barron, owner of the Book House

There are a lot of bookstores around the St. Louis area, but only one can boast being home to a ghost named Valerie. Valerie is just one of a few ghosts that live at The Book House, a rare bookstore housed in an old Victorian farmhouse located at 9719 Manchester Road in Rock Hill.Read more >>

What One Book? Magic Books courtesy of Bookmarks Magazine

We know you love the old "let's pull the rabbit out of the hat" trick, but it's time to move on to more advanced deceptions. As always, we gather a panel of experts to recommend books on a specific topic. We questioned magic practitioners and historians of the field to give you a sense of what's possible in your own world--and what may be pure illusion. Read more >>

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Book Review: Who Murdered Chaucer? by Scott Brown courtesy of Fine Books & Collections Magazine

Scott Brown reviews Terry Jones' work on Chaucer's death. Jones wrote the book after studying The Canterbury Tales and the historical issues during the time of Chaucer. Read more >>

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An Interview with Jim Crace Biblio.com Authors

Jim Crace is widely regarded as an unusually imaginative and original writer. He has several major literary awards under his belt, including the Whitbread First Novel Award, GAP International Prize for Literature, and the E. M. Forster Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters). He has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

His fiction is highly praised by critics and has garnered a wide popular readership as well. Here he talks about his writing process, inspiration, his latest novel, The Pesthouse, and future projects.Read more >>