Who doesn’t love a great Broadway musical? That’s the collective sentiment here at CRP, at least. In honor of our forthcoming book, Showstoppers! The Surprising Backstage Stories of Broadway’s Most Remarkable Songs by Gerald Nachman (out in November), CRP staff share their favorite show tunes …

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It began with a dare, or so the story goes.

Roger Zelazny, the award-winning author of the Chronicles of Amber series and a geek deity of science fiction and fantasy, accepted a dare to write a book in which Jack the Ripper was the hero—or at least a sympathetic character. In 1993, A Night in t…

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Sneak peek at this week’s staff reads post: Maine, David Bowie, and anvil weddings. Also, Ellen is having a hard time moving on from the previous post on favorite covers. #CRPreads



I’m making my way through The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. right now. It’s good train reading! Meaghan tur…

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Labor Day has come and gone and school is back in session, which means we had to say goodbye to our summer intern, Francesca Kritikos.

Before she left, we asked her to complete one final project: share her thoughts on spending the summer at CRP and answer some requisite bookish questions

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Check out the “strangest things” the CRP staff have been reading this week. #CRPreads



 

Song Exploder is definitely my favorite podcast, and I loved this delightful interview with host/producer Hrishikesh Hirway, which is of course not about music or podcasting at all, but about f…

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We’re right in the thick of the summer, which means the beach-goers should be out at full force. Check out some of CRP’s recommended beach reads below for some great books, most of which have been beach-tested and approved. #CRPreads

 

One of my fondest actual beach-reading experi…

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Inspired by this recent entry for Library Journal's What We're Reading column, we asked the CRP staff which book they would rescue from their burning home. Autographed copies and well-loved and dog-eared editions were the ones we'd grab while outrunning the flames. Share with us what book you'd resc

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For Presidents' Day, here are seven books from our award-winning For Kids series to introduce budding historians  to the lives and times of our past commanders in chief, as well as their famous home, and (coming in July) our capital city.

 

Abraham Lincoln for Kids by Janis Herbert

2008

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Comic books and superheroes have been a constant presence in Tim Hanley's life. He can’t remember a time without them, from reading old yard-sale copies of Archie, Harvey, and DC comics to skimming the comic racks at the grocery store. And he didn't stack his long boxes in the corner as he got

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Happy National Storytelling week! Read below to find out what the CRP staff has read and listened to this week.

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