Literature
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Serena Williams to serve up memoir in 2009
Sep 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A memoir by Serena Williams will be released in 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, which beat out a handful of other publishers bidding for the life story of...
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The shock of history: Roth remembers the 1950s
Sep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Philip Roth, 75 and the author of more than 20 novels, is thinking about a strange and distant era: his college years. "I think that what happens is that as ...
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Restoring the legacy of Sammy Davis Jr.
Sep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- For all the grief that Sammy Davis Jr. took in life -- remember the uproar over his embrace of Richard Nixon? -- he's getting it even worse in d...
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Latest Higgins thriller by-the-numbers kill fest
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - To call suspense writer Jack Higgins' latest effort two-dimensional probably does a disservice to the flat surfaces of the world. "Rough Justice" has all the familiar Hi...
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Rock industry leader shares memoir
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Danny Goldberg might not be a household name, but many of the rock stars with whom he's worked are. His tale is the true Cinderella story of a kid who was in the right p...
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Oprah's new book pick coming next week
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey will announce her next book club pick on Friday, Sept. 19, her first choice since last winter's selection of Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth." An ...
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Biography traces the life and work of Roman PolanskiSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Now in his mid-70s, Roman Polanski seems finally to have slowed down a bit. He lives in France with his wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, and their two children, to whom he appa...
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J.K. Rowling wins copyright claim
Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A U.S. judge ruled Monday in favor of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling in her copyright infringement lawsuit against a fan and Web site operator who was se...
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A dark undercurrent flutters through 'The Sister'Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Who cares about moths? Butterflies undergo that remarkable transformation from ugly earthbound crawlers to lovely airborne vagabonds. But moths are drab nuisances, so wh...
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Books tells story of Bacardi rum and Cuba
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bacardi is the world's top-selling rum with annual sales of 20 million cases in more than 150 countries. But it does not sell a drop in Cuba, where founder Facundo Bacar...