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Adam Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job of the Year award
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 1:19pm
AP - A critic who accused a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of scattering literary allusions like "tin cans tied to a tricycle" has won a prize for the year's most lacerating book review.
Publisher John Sargent Sr. dies in NYC at age 87
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 12:57pm
AP - A former Doubleday publishing company CEO who worked with authors from Dwight Eisenhower to Stephen King has died in New York City. John Turner Sargent Sr. was 87.
Former JFK Intern, Mimi Alford, Publishes Book About Affair with Kennedy
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7 Feb 2012 at 11:34am
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Irish Central, Mimi Alford, a former President John Kennedy intern, has published a book, "Once upon a Secret," about her 18-month affair with the president that started in 1962. She was 19 years old at the time.
E-books by crime writer Jim Thompson coming soon
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 11:27am
AP - Novels by acclaimed crime writer Jim Thompson are coming out as e-books.
Kristin Hannah stirs up emotion with 'Home Front'
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 10:32am
AP - "Home Front" (St. Martin's Press), by Kristin Hannah: Fans of Kristin Hannah's books appreciate her ability to create entertaining stories that are also relatable.
LeVar Burton hopes to resurrect ?Reading Rainbow? in app form
(Appolicious)
7 Feb 2012 at 6:04am
Appolicious - The classic PBS show Reading Rainbow saw its last season in 2009, but the show isn?t gone forever ? it may be back in several forms, with one being an app designed to bring books to children.
Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 9:29am
AP - He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.
Solo living book challenges family life
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 1:04pm
AP - "Going Solo" (The Penguin Press), by Eric Klinenberg: Living in families, though traditional and almost universal on this evolving planet, is experiencing an unplanned but effective attack, according to a new book.
Review: `Mirage' is alternative history of 9/11
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 12:20pm
AP - "The Mirage" (Harper), by Matt Ruff: An alternate history of the events surrounding 9/11 creates a unique and compelling read in Matt Ruff's "The Mirage."
Review: `Catch Me' is riveting thriller
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 12:04pm
AP - "Catch Me" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner: If you knew the exact date and time of your death, what would you do? "Everyone has to die sometime. Be brave."
Review: Heart-rending tale of life in Mumbai slums
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 11:07am
AP - "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" (Random House), by Katherine Boo: This book should come with a warning — reading it may be hazardous to your rosy view that global capitalism will set the world's billions free from poverty.
Author traces roots of U.S. political conspiracy theories
(Reuters)
3 Feb 2012 at 6:31pm
Reuters - Extremist political conspiracies such as "birthers" and "truthers" may be a dominant theme of post-9/11 America, but in a new book by Arthur Goldwag, he argues that modern conservative groups may be a product of history repeating itself.
Billy Ray Cyrus signs with Amazon
(AP)
2 Feb 2012 at 8:04pm
AP - Billy Ray Cyrus is the latest celebrity to sign up with Amazon.com
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
2 Feb 2012 at 2:05pm
AP - 1. "Taken" by Robert Crais (Putnam)
USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
2 Feb 2012 at 2:05pm
AP - 1. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
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