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Christian Science Monitor - Entertainment

From Haiti to the Arctic, May's best reads transport - Historical anniversaries share space with satisfying mysteries and far-flung, imagination-stretching novels in our roundup of May's best reads. By - Monitor reviewers - / 6 min

18 hours ago

Astute 'Transcription' asks readers, 'Do you copy?' -- Joan Gaylord

4 days ago

'The Sheep Detectives' is a tender fable wrapped in a murder mystery -- Peter Rainer

7 days ago

When revolutionary news traveled at the speed of horseback -- Scott Baldauf

12 days ago

The American frontier story left out key players

4 days ago

Jayne Anne Phillips: 'Writing words against the erasure of things and lives'

7 days ago

Spring forecast: Showers of great books for the month of April

12 days ago

Legendary creator of 'Saturday Night Live' remains an enigma in 'Lorne'

16 days ago

Malian photographer ushered in a 'visual revolution'

20 days ago

A soothsaying servant girl, an unstable king, and the modern-day scholars on their trail

20 days ago

The evolution of Lincoln's immigration ideals: A historian assesses his legacy

20 days ago

Are you there, readers? It's a Judy Blume biography.

20 days ago

Alice Coltrane drew on gospel music of her youth

20 days ago

Can logging be reshaped by forest regeneration? Suzanne Simard says yes.

20 days ago

Audrey Spillman's musical and spiritual journey led her to peace, and inspiration

20 days ago

'Tiny Gardens Everywhere' take root in urban plots

20 days ago

The Explainer - Are we not alone? Declassified UFO files reopen debate on government transparency. President Trump has released 161 UFO files to the public, citing the need for transparency. But critics view the release as a play to a conspiracy-curious base. By - Patrik Jonsson - / 6 min

18 hours ago