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J.K. Rowling: why failure is essential to success'You will fail,' says 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling, talking about her new book 'Very Good Lives.' 'That's inevitable. It's what you do with it.'
John Wilkes Booth: history's most charming assassin?鈥楩ortune鈥檚 Fool,鈥� the first-ever biography of John Wilkes Booth, portrays Lincoln's assassin as charismatic, talented, and overcome with hatred and rage.
Guenther Grass remembered for Nobel-winning Nazi-era literature, his own pastA trained sculptor, Grass made his literary reputation with "The Tin Drum," published in 1959.
'The Discreet Hero' spins extortion, arson, adultery, and mysticism into literary fictionMaster of political intrigue and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa crafts a thriller of extortion and revenge on Peru鈥檚 northern coast.
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'Dead Wake鈥� author Erik Larson talks about history, hubris, and the LusitaniaIn an interview with the Monitor, Larson says history has taught him that 'any time we find ourselves expressing smug confidence about things that will or will not happen, we need to take warning.'
'The Harder They Come' is T. Coraghessan Boyle's latest foray into the wild and weirdA troubled young man heads off the grid in the California woods 鈥� but has he gone wild or gone mad?
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'Hunger Games' team become the next to tackle Homer's 'Odyssey'Lionsgate has announced it will adapt Homer's 'The Odyssey' for the big screen.
'Women of Will' argues that to know Shakespeare, you must know his womenTina Packer delves into the psychological and social roles Shakespeare's female characters play and their impact on others.
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'Orhan's Inheritance' cleverly intertwines first love, ancient betrayal, secrets, and war crimesA debut novel links Turkish and Armenian families as it balances mistakes made with redemption earned.
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Is an upcoming book by Cheney and daughter aimed at 2016 elections?Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney plan to publish "Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America" on Sept. 1.
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Why Mindy Kaling's brother posed as black to get into med schoolVijay Chokal-Ingam, the brother of actress Mindy Kaling, is shopping for a contract, with a proposal for a book, 'Almost Black,' which will describe how he concealed his Indian heritage and posed as African American to get into medical school.
'I Refuse' takes readers into the somber, subtle world of Per PettersonTwo men 鈥� best friends as children 鈥� meet again as adults to find the world, and their own circumstances, oddly changed.
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In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the French are searching books on IslamBooks on Islam are reported to be selling out in France after the January 7 Charlie Hebdo shootings.