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Ben Affleck will write and direct a film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's new bookLehane's 'Live By Night' will be one of Affleck's next projects and will be his second Lehane adaptation after 'Gone Baby Gone.'
Amazon: breaking even on popular Kindle salesIn an interview with the BBC, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos confirmed what many surmised: Amazon is selling the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD at cost.
SyriaThe failures of Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad are laid bare by an American academic who once found the regime impressive.
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Sarah Palin says she will release a book on fitness and proper dietAlthough she has not yet identified a publisher, former vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin says she is working with her family on a book about "where we get our energy and balance."
The Man Who Saved the UnionH.W. Brand's biography of America's sometimes overlooked 18th president is a good read for history buffs or anyone who enjoys a life story well-told.
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'A Wrinkle in Time' receives the graphic novel treatmentMadeline L'Engle's classic 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been adapted into a graphic novel by writer and illustrator Hope Larson, the creative force behind the graphic novel 'Mercury.'
Chinese writer Mo Yan wins the Nobel Prize for literatureMo Yan, whose real name is Guan Moye, is the first Chinese citizen to win the award.
Jane Austen society holds yearly celebration in New YorkActivities at the annual gathering included a workshop on how Regency women dressed and a talk by scholar Cornel West on human misfortune in Austen's works.
A thriller by Spiro Agnew? Strange but trueSpiro Agnew's thriller 'The Canfield Decision' is less than a literary masterpiece.
Walking the AmazonEd Stafford walked the length of the Amazon, a feat the experts assured him was impossible.
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National Book Award finalists are announcedJunot Diaz, Dave Eggers, and Katherine Boo all made the cut for final consideration for the award.
Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan: The evolution of the vice president in AmericaAs the presidential race heats up, vice-presidential expert Joel Goldstein discusses how the role of the nation's No. 2 has changed over the decades.
Bestselling books the week of 10/11/12, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Syrian author Samar Yazbek is honored as an 'International Writer of Courage'Yazbek, whose revolution diary has shed light on life under the Assad regime, received the PEN/Pinter 2012 award for an author who has 'fierce intellectual determination'
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