Want a free book that describes what is going on with the modern economy? You can get exactly that by visiting Conspiracyoftherich.com, a website dedicated to Robert Kiyosaki's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money. It sure does seem like a strange way to release a book, but the actual website, which was created in January, 2009, already has generated over 9 million total hits. Robert Kiyosaki has been posting one chapter at a time on the website as he finishes them, and is allowing readers to review the material (after registering for free)...

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Cornelia Funke is the author of many different books including Dragon Rider, Ghosthunters series, Pirate Girl, The Princess Knight and many others. Most of her works are written for younger children, but recently she finished a trilogy that was written for a more mature audience. In April, 2008 the release of Inkdeath marked the conclusion of the Inkworld series. The entire series follows a little girl named Meggie and her father Mo who are blessed with a special gift, the ability to read out loud and make books come alive. When they speak the words written inside a book of any...

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Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton, is a classic worth the time it takes to read it. Granted, it is a short story, around seventy pages. Essentially, it is about forbidden love. Ethan Frome is married to Zeena, a querulous hypochondriac. They hire Mattie, Zeena's cousin, to be the household help, and Ethan falls in love with her. Respecting his wife, he keeps his love secret for a year, but, of course, it does not last. What happens is shocking and depressing, and you will have to read it to find out! (My apologies.) While the plot is quite dramatic, the novel is weak...

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It's been some time since Sherlock Holmes was first introduced into the novel scene. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the original series' author, first published a Sherlock Holmes novel in 1887 (A Study in Scarlet). The Sherlock Holmes series did not catch on with readers until Sir Arthur published an ongoing feature in Strand magazine named "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Ever since then Holmes has become somewhat of an iconic symbol in the detective/mystery world. In 1927 Sir Doyle published his final Holmes short story collection called The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Doyle passed away in 1930, having published a...

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