Topic: Books And Literature

Fans charged 690USD for Jimmy Page book

A leather and silk-bound photographic autobiography by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will go on sale later this month for a hefty 445 pounds (540 euros, 690 dollars). Page, one of the world's top guitarists, has chosen nearly 650 photographs to provide ...

Fans charged $690 for Jimmy Page book

A leather and silk-bound photographic autobiography by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will go on sale later this month for a hefty 445 pounds (540 euros, 690 dollars). Page, one of the world's top guitarists, has chosen nearly 650 photographs to provide ...
Dispute over 'classified' material delays Afghan war memoir by ex-Army intelligence officerThe attorney for a former Army intelligence officer says publication of his client's memoir about the war in Afghanistan is being held up by defense agencies as retaliation. Anthony A. Shaffer's ...

Austrian kidnap memoir draws hundreds in Vienna

VIENNA (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of fans of Natascha Kampusch crammed into a Vienna bookstore late on Thursday to hear the kidnap-victim-turned-author read from her newly published memoirs and recount her eight years of imprisonment. Snatched on her way to school when ...
Wall Street Journal launching book review as it expands weekend editionThe Wall Street Journal is set to launch a book review in the next few weeks, even as newspapers across the country cut back on book coverage. The new weekly section will ...
Peter Carey could scoop the Booker Prize for a record third time after the Australian author was named on the shortlist Tuesday for one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. His novel "Parrot and Olivier in America" is among six books ...
CAPITAL CULTURE: Writing a No. 1 best-seller is tough even for a president; Bush's book nextAlready in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author. Since The New York ...

Obama, Eminem, Franzen

When we think back on this season in this year will we remember the books, the songs, the finals of the U.S. Open (or even one elegant, astronomically improbable shot hit between Federer's knees)? Jesse Kornbluth praised Jonathan Franzen's heartbreaking Freedom, and ...
Former prime minister Tony Blair on Monday cancelled a planned book signing session in London to promote his memoirs after anti-war protestors threatened to target it. The announcement came two days after Blair had missiles thrown at him outside another book signing ...
Tiffany Berg talks about her book "How tough Moms succeed in tough times".
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