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Blue Plate SpecialAuthor Kate Christensen tells her own story of a lifetime of love, loss, and great meals.
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'Heaven Is For Real' is adapted into a film starring Greg Kinnear'Heaven Is For Real' was written by pastor Todd Burpo whose son told him he traveled to heaven during an operation.
Goodreads doubles membership despite Amazon controversyThe social media reading website Goodreads angered many earlier this year when they became affiliated with Amazon, but the company recently announced they doubled their membership in 11 months.
Chuck Palahniuk will release a sequel to his novel 'Fight Club'Palahniuk also has other upcoming works such as novels titled 'Doomed' and 'Beautiful You.'
& SonsIs A.N. Dyer, the reclusive novelist at the center of David Gilbert's new novel & Sons, meant to evoke J.D. Salinger? Perhaps, but that's not really the point in this sharp, funny, knowing send-up of New York's Upper East Side literary scene.
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Shirley Jones on her racy new autobiographyShirley Jones paints a different portrait of herself in her new autobiography, "Shirley Jones." The actress, who played a mother on "The Partridge Family," offers a racy view of her private life.
Man Booker Prize long list includes writers Colum McCann, Tash AwWhile some books on this year's Man Booker prize long list have gotten buzz here in the US, none of them compare (so far) with the success of last year's winner, Hilary Mantel's 'Bring Up the Bodies.'
Looking for literary love in London?Book review website the Omnivore has created a dating feature that matches participants based on answers to questions like 'What are you currently reading?' and 'What author do you have a crush on?'
'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' trailer is revealedA trailer for 'Catching Fire' includes a glimpse of the new contestants in the second installment of 'The 'Hunger Games,' plus scenes of rebellion.
5 books to take you to the heart of contemporary Europe Traveling to Europe this summer? You can be. New York's Idlewild Books carries guides, memoirs, and fiction titles aimed at transporting readers to all the far reaches of the globe. So what do the experts at Idlewild pick up when they are looking for a book evocative of Europe? Here are five titles on Europe especially recommended by the Idlewild staff.
The Telling RoomMichael Paterniti weaves two lives, ten years, and a brief history of Spain into an epic tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese.聽
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J.K. Rowling's 'The Cuckoo's Calling': What are reviewers saying now that the secret's out?Many publications are reviewing 'The Cuckoo's Calling' now that it's public knowledge that the mystery was written by J.K. Rowling. Most reviews are positive but NPR's critic says she's 'read better.'
'Ender's Game' director and star discuss the proposed boycott of the filmThe website Geeks Out has proposed a boycott against the movie version of 'Ender's Game' because of author Orson Scott Card's views against gay marriage.
Comic-Con 2013: A look at past comic books and a glimpse of the genre's futureGerard Jones, author of 'Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book,' explains the origins of comic books, the hardships they went through, and where they are apt to go next.聽
The person who leaked J.K. Rowling's pen name is revealedRowling was recently discovered to be the author behind the novel 'The Cuckoo's Calling,' which was billed as written by Robert Galbraith. Rowling's law firm Russells confessed that one of its partners told someone else, according to Reuters, who then tweeted the news to the British newspaper the Sunday Times.
Nelson Mandela: 10 quotes on his birthday To celebrate the 95th birthday of Nelson Mandela, here are 10 of his more memorable quotes.
JFK鈥檚 Last Hundred DaysBiographer Thurston Clarke makes a compelling case that JFK came into his own in the 100 days before Lee Harvey Oswald murdered him in Dallas.