Literature
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Amanda Knox’s boyfriend maintains innocence in new bookSep 12, 2012 8:08 am - Associated Press SEATTLE — Raffaele Sollecito, whose budding love affair with American exchange student Amanda Knox helped land him in an Italian prison for four years, ...
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Panetta hints punishment for bin Laden book authorSep 11, 2012 9:58 am - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is suggesting that a retired Navy SEAL be punished for writing a book giving an insider’s account of the U.S. raid that kille...
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Jack Reacher returns in masterful 'A Wanted Man'Sep 11, 2012 6:00 am - Jack Reacher again finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time in “A Wanted Man,” the latest mystery from Lee Child. Reacher was looking for a ride when two men a...
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Book details U.S. raid that killed bin LadenSep 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Some details are mundane: Terrorist leader Osama bin Laden wore a sleeveless white shirt and tan pants when he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALS, he used Just For M...
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Author Judy Blume diagnosed with breast cancerSep 05, 2012 1:47 pm - NEW YORK — Children’s author Judy Blume says she was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer but is “feeling stronger every day” after surgery. The 74-year-old Blum...
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Happiness is serious business for Gretchen RubinSep 05, 2012 6:00 am - Gretchen Rubin tapped into something with her best-selling book, “The Happiness Project,” about finding ways to feel more satisfied with the life you have. Her new s...
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‘Green Lantern’ comic series adds Arab superheroSep 04, 2012 7:29 am - DETROIT — When DC Comics decided to blow up its fabled universe and create a brave, diverse future, Geoff Johns drew from the past for a new character: his own backgroun...
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Paul Auster reflects on the winter of his lifeSep 04, 2012 6:00 am - Thirty years ago, a struggling poet and translator of French poetry published a memoir of his father that marked him as a writer worth watching. “The Invention of Solitu...
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Author Richard Bach injured in plane crashSep 01, 2012 1:27 pm - SEATTLE — Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s best-selling novella “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” among other spiritually oriented writings, was in serious condition Sa...
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Erotica books benefit from '50 Shaes' popularitySep 01, 2012 8:00 am - NEW YORK — The "Fifty Shades" phenomenon may only get hotter this fall. Booksellers and publishers expect at least a dozen novels to benefit from E L James' multimilli...