Topic: Books And Literature
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regrets having gone shoe-shopping and out for a night at the theater while Hurricane Katrina ravaged the US Gulf coast, she wrote in excerpts of her memoir released Sunday.In "No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My ...
Insights into Apple co-founder Steve Jobs's vendetta against Google and his criticisms of fellow high-tech titans spread quickly online ahead of the Monday release of his authorized biography.Excerpts of the book, "Steve Jobs", went viral -- especially his reported vow to annihilate ...
(Reuters) - Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off his family's protests and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer.When he eventually sought surgery, the rare form of pancreatic cancer ...
(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc BKS.N> is adding new categories including home products and consumer electronics to its online marketplace, the latest move by the retailer to rely less on book sales and compete with e-commerce rivals such as Amazon.com Inc ...
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc may enter the Japanese e-book market this year and launch its Kindle readers in the market, the Nikkei business daily reported.The largest internet retailer, which plans to set up an online e-book store this year, is in final ...
Haruki Murakami, whose new novel "1Q84" is proving a worldwide phenomenon, describes himself as "the black sheep of the Japanese literary world" for his absurdist take on the spiritual emptiness of modern life.In Japan the first two volumes of "1Q84", which can ...
LONDON (Reuters) - English author and bookmakers' favorite Julian Barnes finally won the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, despite once dismissing the coveted award as "posh bingo."The 65-year-old triumphed with "The Sense of an Ending," which at 150 pages was ...
Author Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prize, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt for his novel "The Sense of an Ending".Barnes picked up the £50,000 ($80,000, 57,000 euros) award, which recognises the best work ...
British author Julian Barnes on Tuesday won the Man Booker Prize, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt, for his novel "The Sense of an Ending".Barnes picked up the £50,000 ($80,000, 57,000 euros) award, which recognises the ...
Booksellers in Britain were expecting to sell thousands of copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's latest novel on Tuesday as excitement built after some stores held special late-night openings.Hardback versions of the book, "1Q84", went on sale across Britain a week ahead ...
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