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Soldier echoes Arabian Nights with Iraq novel

2011-12-22T02:30:34Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - On Benjamin Buchholz's second day in Iraq as a U.S. army officer, a young Iraqi girl was struck and killed by a military convoy while trying to catch a bottle of water thrown to children by the roadside as a gift.

The tragedy and its aftermath -- wailing women, townspeople up in a...

Atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens dead at 62

2011-12-16T04:00:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of ...

Polemical journalist and atheist Christopher Hitchens dead at 62

2011-12-15T23:30:12Z

Reading is alive and increasingly electronic

2011-12-08T09:30:30Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Times may be tough for neighborhood bookstores, but people are reading more than ever and e-books are nurturing bookworms who hunger for everything from blockbuster biographies to literary fiction.

"It's really been all good news this year. Reading is becoming more popular in general," said Chris Schluep, senior books editor at Reuters) - The United States is looking into allegations that the electronic book industry has violated antitrust law, a top Justice Department official said on Wednesday.

In an oversight hearing, the Justice Departmen...

EU opens antitrust probe into Apple's e-book deals

2011-12-06T14:30:29Z

European antitrust officials launched a probe on Tuesday to determine whether iPad maker Apple and five international publishers struck illegal deals to fix the price of e-books in Europe.

The European Commission will look at deals between the US gadget g...

Amazon to buy over 450 children's book titles

2011-12-06T14:00:26Z

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire more than 450 children's book titles in the United States from publisher Marshall Cavendish.

The titles include "The Night Before Christmas", illustrated by <...

Book Talk: Gish Jen on identity, belonging and home

2011-11-17T07:30:24Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Into a traditional northern New England town under pressure from chain stores and cell phone towers, its old family farms struggling, comes Hattie Kong, half-Chinese and newly widowed.

Soon she is joined by the teenaged daughter of a Cambodian immigrant ...

Italy's Umberto Eco longs for Berlusconi's fall

2011-11-07T14:00:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco hopes embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will be gone from office within a week in a welcome end to a long nightmare.

"In a week, Berlusconi will probably be obliged to resign. It...

Rice regrets shoe shopping amid Katrina disaster: book

2011-10-23T16:30:12Z

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 Years in Washington," which arriv...

Murakami: Bestselling writer of the Japanese absurd

2011-10-19T10:00:21Z

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 be read as "1984" in Japanese, came out in 2009, becoming a bestseller even before hitting the stores on t...

Saddam daughter 'wants to publish his memoirs'

2011-10-16T13:30:42Z

Raghad, a daughter of executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, plans to publish her father's memoirs, her Jordanian lawyer said on Sunday.

"Raghad is looking for an international publishing company to publish her father's memoirs, which he himself wrote," Haitham Herish told Al-Ghad newspaper.

"These are the real and authentic memoirs, and Raghad is open to any offer that would preserve the rights of her...

Pakistan badlands inspire belated literary success

2011-10-16T02:30:09Z

A retired Pakistani civil servant nearing 80 may not sound like the most obvious debut author to take the international publishing world by storm, but Jamil Ahmad has done precisely that.

Over a cup of tea and a glass of lime juice, he talks about a career as an administrator along Pakistan's desolate borders with Afghanistan<...

Nobel Literature winner to be announced October 6

2011-10-03T02:00:16Z

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - This year's Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced on Thursday, the Swedish Academy, which hands out the 10 million Swedish crown ($1.46 million...

Schwarzenegger to write "unbelievably true" memoir

2011-09-22T09:00:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his unlikely life story from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.

Schwarzenegger, 64, who in M...

Writers take time to absorb September 11 impact

2011-09-06T23:00:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Norman Mailer once advised another author to wait 10 years before writing about the attacks of September 11 because "it will take that long for you to make sense of it."

The estimate by the prominent New York novelist and journalist, who died in 2007, ma...

Chinese writer to speak in US after ban

2011-08-31T19:30:29Z

Dissident writer Liao Yiwu, who fled China after authorities banned him from visiting the United States and Australia, will speak out on a first US trip, a literary group said Wednesday.

Liao, who spent four years in jail after writing the poem "Massacre" about the 1989 Tiana...

Philip Levine named 18th poet laureate

2011-08-10T10:30:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Urban poet Philip Levine was named on Wednesday as the 18th poet laureate by the Library of Congress, which praised his writing for plain-spoken lyricism about working class Americans in

2011-07-28T06:30:22Z

GIJON, Spain (Reuters) - "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane attributes the success of his books on the silver screen to his characters, which he says attract the attention of good actors.

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Author James Patterson eyes movies, kids reading

2011-06-29T14:30:13Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prolific novelist James Patterson has raised the stakes on what it means to be a modern-day publisher, again, and this time he is doing it for one of his passions -- getting kids to read.

The bestselling author, who most often is equated with being at the forefront of mass market fiction's dominance of the pub...

Hot spots for getting back to nature in Southern Nevada

2011-06-29T02:30:17Z

¶To read about more outdoor hot spots in Southern Nevada visit lasvegassun.com/outdoors.

President Barack Obama declared June 2011 as Great Outdoors Month, an awareness campaign and celebration of outdoor recreation and preservation with a nod to natural landscapes and neighborhood parks. Although Southern Nevada is noted for its designated conservation...

Serbian-US writer Obreht scoops literary prize

2011-06-08T19:30:43Z

Serbian-American author Tea Obreht on Wednesday became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel The Tiger's Wife.

The 25-year-old, born in Belgrade, accepted the £30,000 prize at a ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall.

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Obreht youngest winner of UK's Orange fiction prize

2011-06-08T11:30:22Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Belgrade-born author Tea Obreht was the surprise winner on Wednesday of Britain's Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel "The Tiger's Wife...

Too Young to Be Old

2011-06-06T10:30:24Z

A growing number of us are

A growing number of us are neither-nors -- neither ready to retire nor able to afford it.

The biggest demographic shift of the 21st century is under way. In 1900, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. was 47 years. Now it's closer to 80, and many of today's children could live to 100. This gift of longevity represents a big and permanent shift in American life -- one that may require a new set of rules.

Social vis...

Korea tale of motherly love becomes US best-seller

2011-04-20T04:30:15Z

Shin Kyung-Sook took South Koreans by storm with "Please Look After Mom", her poignant novel of family love which sold 1.7 million copies domestically. Now it is going international.

The book sold more than 100,000 copies in the United States just a few days after its debut and there are plans to publish in 24 countries in total.

The novel ranks 21st on the upcoming Reuters) - For Americans looking to understand Libya, scene of a bloody revolt and the latest U.S. military campaign, the writer and poet Khaled Mattawa has become an unlikely guide.

The Libyan-American, who left his homeland in 1979 but has been a f...

Special Report: Dumping print, publisher bets the ranch on apps

2011-04-01T06:30:24Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The prince of coffee table books believes paper books are dead. Now he wants to be king of the app.

Since 1980, Nicholas Callaway has made the finest of design-driven books, building a publishing house and his fortune on memorable children's stories and on volumes known for the fidelity of their reproductions of great art. But the quality of paper, ink and b...

Spy novelist Le Carre withdraws from Booker list

2011-03-30T09:30:19Z

Thriller writer John Le Carre asked Wednesday that his name be withdrawn from the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, disappointing judges who said they admired his work.

The best-selling spy novelist was among 13 authors in consideration for the 60,000 pound ($96,070) literary award, which for the first time included Ch...

Spy novelist Le Carre cold on Booker honour

2011-03-30T04:30:45Z

Thriller writer John Le Carre asked Wednesday that his name be withdrawn from the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, disappointing judges who said they admired his work.

The best-selling spy novelist was among 13 authors in consideration for the 60,000 pound ($96,070) literary award, which for the first time included Ch...

Anjelica Huston memoir to address father and Jack Nicholson

2011-03-01T11:30:21Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Anjelica Huston is writing a memoir that will detail her problematic relationship with her prolific filmmaker father, John Huston, as well as her former relationship with actor Jac...

Books not bombs at Pakistan literature festival

2011-02-06T03:30:30Z

Pakistan is hosting one of the world's youngest and fastest-growing literary festivals, a showcase of new talent where writers urge citizens to reverse the tide of Islamist extremism and global isolation.

Now into a second year and determined to become an annual fixture on the international circuit, the Karachi Literature Festival portrays the softer face of a country more oft...

Devils-Hurricanes Sums

2011-01-01T19:00:05Z

New Jersey

1 1 1_3

Carolina

4 1 1_6

First Period_1, Carolina, Ruutu 9 (Corvo), 1:48 (pp). 2, Carolina, Skinner 10 (Gleason, LaRose), 4:28. 3, Carolina, Samsonov 7 (Corvo, McBain), 8:00 (pp). 4, Carolina, Dalpe 1 (Ruutu, McBain), 13:42. 5, New Jersey, Pelley 2 (Corrente, Salmela), 16:52. Penalties_Tedenby, ...

Passing on: notable deaths of 2010

2010-12-28T02:30:14Z

Noteworthy deaths during the year just ending:

January

- 4: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived not only the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima but also that of Nagasaki and lived to testify. At age 93 in Nagasaki.

- 17: "Love Story" author Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's new memoir will give a full account of his life and the secretive group that has leaked large amounts of documents, U.S. publisher Minnesota, Cullen 7 (Clutterbuck), 9:23 (sh). 2, Colorado, Jones 12 (Yip, Hunwick), 10:08 (pp). 3, Minnesota, Cullen 8 (Zidlicky), 16:04. Penalties_Havlat, Min (slashing), 8:53

Koivu, Min (r...

WikiLeaks's Assange to publish memoirs: report

2010-12-21T09:00:33Z

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses and is expected to have a manuscript ready in March, Britain's Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses and is expected to have a manuscript ready in March, Britain's Calgary

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Minnesota

1 0 3_4

First Period_1, Minnesota, Brodziak 6 (Scandella, Havlat), 9:18. Penalties_Havlat, Min (hooking), 10:28.

Second Period_2, Calgary, Jokinen 6 (Iginla, Tanguay), 3:23. Penalties_Stone...

Canadiens-Avalanche Sums

2010-12-19T20:00:07Z

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Predators-Devils Sums

2010-12-17T18:30:23Z

Montreal

1 1 0_2

Colorado

1 2 0_3

First Period_1, Montreal, Cammalleri 12 (Plekanec, Kostitsyn), 10:50 (pp). 2, Colorado, Wilson 2 (O'Reilly, Anderson), 19:54 (pp). Penalties_Dupuis, Col (high-sticking), 10:40

Spacek, Mon (hooking), 18:03.

Nashville

1 1 1_3

New Jersey

0 0 1_1

First Period_1, Nashville, Sullivan 9 (Weber), 19:43. Penalties_Volchenkov, NJ (elbowing), 1:30

Sulzer, Nas (hooking), 13:42.

Second Period_2, Nashville...

Hurricanes-Panthers Sums

2010-12-15T19:30:38Z

Carolina

0 1 3_4

Florida

3 0 0_3

First Period_1, Florida, Dadonov 1 (Reasoner, Matthias), :29. 2, Florida, Frolik 7 (Higgins, Weiss), 1:42. 3, Florida, McCabe 3 (Wideman, Santorelli), 5:16 (pp). Penalties_Rodney, Car (tripping), 4:29

LaRose, Car (tripping), 5:02

Hordichuk, Fla (goaltender interfer...

Prestigious "Arabic Booker" plagued by criticisms

2010-12-15T04:00:46Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - The most prestigious literary prize in the Arab world unveiled its nominees this month, riling critics who say it is a politically charged shortlist crafted to appeal to Western audiences.

Two Moroccans, two Egyptians, a...

NH parents object to book that calls Jesus vagrant

2010-12-13T08:30:15Z

NH parents try to block school use of nonfiction book that calls Jesus vagrant, socialist

The parents of a New Hampshire teenager are asking school officials to stop teachers from using a book that refers to Jesus Christ as a "wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist."

The 2001 book, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Get...

Avalanche-Capitals Sums

2010-12-11T19:00:23Z

Colorado

2 1 0_3

Washington

1 0 1_2

First Period_1, Colorado, Shattenkirk 5 (Stastny), 2:14. 2, Washington, Knuble 6 (Ovechkin, Alzner), 9:45. 3, Colorado, Wilson 1 (Stastny, Porter), 18:39. Penalties_Chimera, Was (high-sticking), 2:39....

Devils-Senators Sums

2010-12-10T19:30:26Z

New Jersey

0 2 0_2

Ottawa

1 2 0_3

First Period_1, Ottawa, Karlsson 5, 15:30. Penalties_Rolston, NJ (hooking), 12:29

Langenbrunner, NJ (interference), 16:46.

Second Period_2, New Jersey, Elias 5 (Kovalchu...

Wild-Coyotes Sums

2010-12-09T21:00:19Z

Minnesota

2 0 1_3

Phoenix

1 0 1_2

First Period_1, Minnesota, Brunette 5 (Miettinen, Koivu), 6:52. 2, Phoenix, Pyatt 5 (Ekman-Larsson, Fiddler), 14:33. 3, Minnesota, Burns 7 (Miettinen, Koivu), 19:04. Penalties_Ekman-Larsson, Pho (hooking), 12:23.

Read any Good Books Lately?

2010-11-30T12:40:08Z

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Bush bashes WikiLeaks as he pushes memoir online

2010-11-29T17:30:50Z

Former US president George W. Bush bashed WikiLeaks on Monday in a wide-ranging chat streamed live online at Facebook as part of a promotion tour for his memoir "Decision Points."

Bush touch...

Think Again

2010-11-30T12:39:12Z

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Best of Covered Wagon Women ~ A Book Review

2010-11-29T14:31:44Z

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The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Review

2010-11-29T14:54:08Z

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Learn about Modern American Poets

2010-11-29T14:53:52Z

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George W. Bush memoir sells more than one million copies

2010-11-24T10:31:04Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 1.1 million copies of former President George W. Bush's memoir, "Decision Points," have been sold since its release earlier this month, his publisher said on Wednesday.

More than 135,000 e-boo...

Clues to Stubborn Secret in C.I.A.'s Backyard

2010-11-29T14:30:25Z

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The Queen of Thanksgiving

2010-11-29T14:31:27Z

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United States

2010-11-29T14:59:19Z

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Biography and History

2010-11-29T14:50:56Z

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Books for travelers: Gift ideas for the holidays

2010-11-22T12:46:34Z

Books for travelers worthy of a holiday gift list, from coffee-table tomes to unusual odysseys

Whether your loved ones are armchair travelers or real-world travelers, consider one of the new travel books out this fall as a gift. They range from big lush coffee-table books to travel-themed tales about marathons and food.

First, the big guys. Lugging these tomes on an airplane may put your luggage over the weight limit. But if you're tucking gifts under your t...

Writer

2010-11-29T14:38:34Z

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Best Selling Books 2010: Popular Fiction and Award Winners

2010-11-29T14:53:22Z

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UFO Disclosure NOW 2010: Prophecy And The Antichrist

2010-11-29T14:31:03Z

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Historical development

2010-11-29T14:59:11Z

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Review of Crossover by Quinn Baldwin: Dystopian Fiction for Teens

2010-11-29T14:52:59Z

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The 20th century

2010-11-29T14:58:59Z

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Book Publishing

2010-11-29T14:58:59Z

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Charles Bukowski's last 'muse' lives with US author's ghost

2010-11-18T15:01:40Z

The last muse of Charles "Hank" Bukowski, the alcoholic and womanizing US author who used blunt prose to write about society's downtrodden, still lives in the home she shared with her late husband and hopes to turn it into a museum.

"That's exactly like living with a ghost," Linda Lee Bukowski told AFP. "His room is exactly the same. Clothes hanging around, you k...

(8/2010) GLENN BECK: GOD'S SERVANT OF FAITH

2010-11-29T14:31:02Z

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Essence of the Short Story: Conflict and Resolution

2010-11-29T14:52:42Z

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2008

2010-11-30T13:54:30Z

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Sliders TV Show

2010-11-30T13:58:12Z

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Wild-Lightning Sums

2010-11-14T17:00:28Z

Minnesota

3 0 1_4

Tampa Bay

1 0 0_1

First Period_1, Minnesota, Clutterbuck 6 (Cullen, Havlat), 7:16 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 7 (Clark, Stamkos), 11:31 (pp). 3, Minnesota, Madden 3 (Havlat, Zidlicky), 12:55. 4, Minnesota, Miettinen 4 (Brunette,...

Step by Step Self-Publishing: The Learning Revolution

2010-11-29T14:52:22Z

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Oilers-Devils Sums

2010-11-12T19:30:32Z

Edmonton

2 1 0 0_3

New Jersey

1 1 1 1_4

First Period_1, Edmonton, C.Fraser 1 (Eberle, Whitney), 4:34. 2, Edmonton, C.Fraser 2 (Stortini, Jones), 9:50. 3, New Jersey, Vasyunov 1 (Zajac, Elias), 15:43. Penalties_Zajac, NJ (slashing), :46

St...

Off the Press

2010-11-29T14:58:28Z

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THE RETURN OF W. How Does He Walk the World? By The Editors

2010-11-29T14:38:31Z

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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010

2010-11-29T14:52:00Z

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Father's Day Gifts For Wall Street Dads

2010-11-29T14:43:49Z

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Bush to promote book, honor veterans in Ohio

2010-11-11T03:30:26Z

Ex-president, new author Bush returns to Ohio for Veterans Day speech, book promotion

Former President George W. Bush is returning to Ohio, a state that was crucial to his presidency, as he promotes his memoirs and highlights Veterans Day.

Bush speaks Thursday afternoon at the U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:19Z

Sacramento Kings forward Carl Landry, center, goes to the basket against Atlanta Hawks forward Al Horford, right, as Hawks center Zaza Pachulia, left, of Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger, left, shoots over Iowa forward Andrew Brommer during the first half of an NCAA college basketb...

Archdiocese Bankruptcy

2011-01-04T16:30:52Z

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki answers questions at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in St. Francis, Wis. Listecki said the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is directing its attorneys to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying that pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it w...