Literature
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St. Viator, bank collaborate on Korean War memoirsJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - After interviewing Roger Steingraber, Eileen Mallof understands what a sacrifice it was for a young father to serve in Korea and not see his new son for the first six mo...
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Harry Potter series to be sold as e-booksJun 23, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — Harry Potter battled the forces of evil and now is set to conquer the web — coming to e-books in a groundbreaking deal that has delighted fans but alarmed the b...
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Madonna's life story subject of comic bookJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — Madonna will soon find herself in a whole new material world: the pages of a comic book. The star will have her life story told in 32 pages by Bluewater P...
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Harry Potter wizard series to be sold as e-booksJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - LONDON — Harry Potter's adventures are going digital. Author J.K. Rowling announced Thursday that her seven Potter novels will be sold as e-books starting in October — e...
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Graphic novel outlines raid to capture bin LadenJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — The daring secret mission to get Osama bin Laden by elite U.S. forces will be told in the pages of a new graphic novel that aims to shed more light — with...
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Ace Atkins' newest a downhome thrillerJun 21, 2011 11:00 pm - A fast-paced thriller set in a backwoods Mississippi hamlet beset with violence and corruption, “The Ranger” is the enticing first novel in a new series by Southern auth...
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Baldacci abandons thriller style in 'One Summer'Jun 21, 2011 11:00 pm - David Baldacci channels the books of Nicholas Sparks in his latest novel, “One Summer.” Jack Armstrong, who hasn't even reached his mid-30s, is dying of an unnamed disea...
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Book notes: Honor Jack Prelutsky at reception, poetry readingJun 21, 2011 11:00 pm - • “The Gray Zone” author Daphna Edwards Ziman discusses and signs copies of her novel at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Win...
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Self-published author John Locke sells 1M e-booksJun 20, 2011 10:45 am - NEW YORK — A self-published author has joined James Patterson, Stieg Larsson and others as a million seller on the Kindle. Amazon.com announced Monday that thriller writ...
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Book notes: Steve Stone stops at Anderson'sJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Dr. David Ansell, vice president of clinical affairs and chief medical officer at Rush University Medical Center, discusses his book “County: Life, Death and Politics ...