Drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, this fine-grained show is part of the museums recent focus on art by women.

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Mind and Matter at the Museum of Modern Art

Among the books the National Cathedral may part with are some donated by Queen Elizabeth II and the first Bible written in modern language.

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National Cathedral Might Sell Rare Books

The cellphone carrier Softbank announced new handsets designed to link to the micro-blogging site, part of a concerted effort to get a piece of Americas tech savvy.

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Softbank to Help Twitter Get Even Bigger in Japan

A new book from the former teenage actress is part memoir and part guide to life.

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With 42 Candles, Grown-Up Advice

Librarians for Britains National Trust have discovered a rare first edition of Rudyard Kiplings Jungle Book, BBC News reported.

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A Rare Jungle Book Resurfaces in Britain

A set of Chinese government censorship guidelines recently leaked to the Internet provides a rare and intimate window into the thinking of propaganda officials.

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What Chinese Censors Don’t Want You to Know (New York Times)

Once passengers shell out hundreds of dollars for a ticket, the sales pitches begin: Checking a bag? Need a pillow

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Will Airlines and Passengers Call a Truce? (New York Times)

On the rare weekend when Joan Rivers is not working, she heads to her 84-acre estate in Connecticut where she can “dress down and have bed head.”

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Can We Talk ... About That House in the Country? (New York Times)

"The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession" (Riverhead, 288 pages, $24.95), by Allison Hoover Bartlett: Over a period of about 10 years, beginning in the late 1990s, book collector John Gilkey of Modesto, Calif., acquired an impressive array of rare first editions by authors including Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter and Vladimir Nabokov.

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Review: `Man Who Loved Books Too Much' tells story of literary obsession (The San Francisco Examiner)

SALISBURY, MD. — Henrietta Moore sits at her desk, hidden from view by stacks of books piled on the counter

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Delmarva's used-book sellers weathering recession (The San Francisco Examiner)