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Harry Potter Movie Hits Box Office

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" earned $77.4 million revenue during the first weekend of its release.

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Harry Potter’s Destiny

The seventh and the last “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be released on July 21 and everyone is wondering what will happen with Potter.

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Harry Potter Movie Lacks Magic

'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' is the fifth and the last movie based on the series of book J. K. Rowling.

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Harry Potter Parties Around The World

This summer will bring lots of fun for Harry Potter’s fans. On July 11 latest movie “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” will be released and on July 21 the book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be available in book stores.

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New 'Harry Potter' Book is Most Popular Pre-Ordered Product

The seventh and final book in J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series has become Amazon.com's most popular pre-ordered product.

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French government let its people down during Nazi invasion, says book

A book which criticises the French government for failing its citizens during the German invasion of 1940 will be launched this week.

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Scholastic Releases Exclusive Artwork for Deluxe Edition of Harry Potter, the Deathly Hallows

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, released on July 8th the exclusive deluxe edition artwork for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Harry Potter book due in stores on July 21st.

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Grace Will Lead Me Home By Robin Givens

Robin Givens, the talented and beautiful actress who got her start in the 1986 sitcom "Head of the Class", is back in the spotlight.

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Preserving Library of Congress' treasures

The Library of Congress has no shortage of reading materials with more than 134 million items in its collection. This summer, a Florida State University chemist will use his knowledge of cellulose, a key component of paper, to help the world's largest library find ways of preserving its vast treasure trove of books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers and pamphlets, many of which are irreplaceable.

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Carnegie Mellon project boosts book digitization efforts

A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist is enlisting the unwitting help of thousands, if not millions, of Web users each day to eliminate a technical bottleneck that has slowed efforts to transform books, newspapers and other printed materials into digitized text that is computer searchable.

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Mandy and Pandy First in Series of Exceptionally Written, Creative Children's Books

How can learning the Chinese language be fun? That question came to mind while Author Chris Lin took his 3 year-old daughter to Chinese class and did not have any tools to teach her Chinese in a fun manner.

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Oprah Winfrey Chooses Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road'

"It's unlike any book I have ever chosen," Oprah Winfrey said on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, as she revealed the 57th Oprah's Book Club selection The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A novelist for more than 40 years, the extremely private McCarthy will appear in his first-ever TV interview to discuss The Road later this spring on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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