Literature
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Free-e-book promotes fall releases with excerptsMay 28, 2012 7:20 am - NEW YORK — Summer is weeks away, but the fall book season has already started. “Buzz Books 2012” is a free e-book that came out Monday and features excerpts from 33 upco...
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Book details how swindler duped Ulysses S. Grant in gilded-age scamMay 28, 2012 7:20 am - For Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander who broke the Confederate army, bitter defeat came on Wall Street, not the battlefield. The date was May 6, 1884, and the broke...
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Agent: ‘OMG’ diet book subject of 7-figure dealMay 26, 2012 8:22 am - NEW YORK — The author of a self-published diet book that advocates skipping breakfast and taking cold baths has agreed to lucrative deals with British and U.S. publisher...
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'Flat Spin' has riveting plot and fine proseMay 25, 2012 6:00 am - "Flat Spin," the title of this debut thriller, is the name of a complex and risky flight maneuver that only the most accomplished pilots should attempt, so it's no surpr...
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Book notes: Kerry Wood signs his new kids' bookMay 25, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ "Stay"author Michaela Muntean reads from and signs copies of her book at 4 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. (630) 3...
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Slow economy sparks wave of Occupy booksMay 23, 2012 12:00 pm - NEW YORK - With a Democrat in the White House, a wave of books are coming out this year lamenting the slow economy and calling for substantial change. And those books a...
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Sheen and Estevez memoir explores father-son bondMay 23, 2012 6:00 am - First see their movie, then read their book. Their movie is "The Way," a crowd-pleasing indie production starring actor Martin Sheen and written and directed by his son...
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'Columbus Affair' filled with twists and turnsMay 22, 2012 6:00 am - Steve Berry's latest novel, "The Columbus Affair," is a thrill ride - and his best book to date. Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Sagan was considered one of the best writ...
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' coming out as e-bookMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Welcome, Holly Golightly, to the digital revolution. Vintage Books has announced that “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” Truman Capote's classic New York City novella,...
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‘Three Cups’ readers take case to appeals courtMay 19, 2012 5:47 am - HELENA, Mont. — Four people who bought Greg Mortenson’s books are taking their claims of fraud against the humanitarian to a federal appeals court. Last month, U.S. Dist...