JK Rowling's new book The Casual Vacancy is a tale of heroin addiction and teen sexuality

JK Rowling's new book The Casual Vacancy is a tale of heroin addiction and ...
Daily Mail
Although some fans may be upset by the direction she has taken, Miss Rowling – who has sold 450million Harry Potter books worldwide, amassing a personal fortune of £560million – insists she should be free to write about whatever she wants. 'There is no...

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'Frankenweenie' Digital Book Updates the Movie Tie-In
New York Times (blog)
Chapter 4 of the book gives a look at a “Frankenweenie” exhibition now being shown around the world. Other chapters offer opportunities to explore related books in print, as well as listen to clips from the movie's soundtrack and score, which can be ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Comes Clean on Affair in New Book
ABC News
I dislike this. Add to. Share Flag as inappropriate. Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 23, 2012 by ABCNews. The former California governor tells all in his new book, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably ...

NYT columnist Joe Nocera has book deal
Wall Street Journal
... announced Monday that Nocera's book, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2014. According to Portfolio, Nocera will cover the Penn State scandal and academics for college athletes among other controversies. His previous books include "A Piece of ...

New e-book takes a look at 'the worst presidential campaign in American ...
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Rick Perry's quest was no “Making of a President,” but as Root chronicles, it's one for the history books nonetheless. Categories: Mitt Romney, Presidential campaign, Rick Perry. Tags: 2012 election | Jay Root | Mitt Romney | Oops | Oops-moment | More ...

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Book Review: The Mother of All Pregnancy Books by Ann Douglas
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For many women, the discovery that they are with child inspires a mad dash to the library in order to satiate a need to info-load on all things pregnancy. It's all new territory and with that comes many questions and concerns. In this genre of books ...

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Book Review: Loco Moco by Ty Hutchinson
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Making the Book Talismanic: An Interview with Robert Ansell
Boing Boing
It wasn't simply a matter of materials or typographic design, but somehow as a whole the book seemed resonant and vital. Later I discovered that Crowley had noted the similarities in manufacture between traditional books and the magical talismans of ...

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Book News: Touring "NW," Kinky Chicken : The New Yorker
By Rachel Arons
Rachel Carson's “Silent Spring” turns fifty this month. In the New York Times Magazine, Eliza Griswold on how the book sparked the environmental movement. “I employ the same imagination I once put into the nasty poison-spewing green ...
Page-Turner

National Book Festival unites readers and writers
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON -- "I have always thought of Washington, D.C., as a literary city," author Jeffrey Eugenides told fans crowded inside an overflowing tent Saturday afternoon. And to prove his point, thousands of book lovers were congregated on the grassy ...

Skimming the Brooklyn Book Festival
New York Times (blog)
Later in the afternoon, Jimmie Walker, the former star of “Good Times” and author of the memoir “Dyn-o-mite!,” expressed frustration at the unanimity of African-American support of President Obama. “Why aren't you ... At a panel moderated by Gregory ...

Book tells 'inside story' of Greineder murder in Wellesley
Boston.com
A gruesome slaying that gripped the town of Wellesley and uncovered the double-life of an affluent allergist will be recounted in a new book, called “A Murder in Wellesley,” due out Oct. 9, and written by two people familiar with its details: Tom ...

'Fatal Vision' author continues testimony on Jeffrey MacDonald, 1970 murders
Fox News
"Fatal Vision" author Joe McGinniss is expected to return to the witness stand today as a federal court hearing reviews the 1970 murder case that became the subject of his best-selling book. On Friday, McGinniss testified about how his impression of ...

Author Harlan Coben sounds off on Chris Christie friendship
CBS News
Chris Christie was always a call-em'-like-I-see-em' kind of guy, according to his friend, best-selling author Harlan Coben. "We disagree on a lot of stuff," Coben said on "CBS This Morning." "And that was ... Asked about the differences between his ...

National Book Festival recap, porn star Sasha Grey writes novel
USA TODAY
New and noteworthy: Check out new books on sale this week; plus, just in time for election season, read reviews of The Oath by Jeffrey Toobin (3 1/2 stars out of four) and My American Revolution by Robert Sullivan (3 1/2 stars). Book festivals: Did you ...

USA TODAY

Washington, DC, news anchor calls Dwyane Wade overrated during innocuous ...
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Wade's weeks-long media tour has included a number of book signings, including one held Saturday afternoon at famed Washington, D.C., bookstore Politics & Prose. Several local news covered the event, including D.C. ABC affiliate WJLA-TV, whose anchor ...

Author visits: Phil Cousineau, Ann Filemyr
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
She's visiting our area to read from her new book, "The Healer's Diary: Poems" (Sunstone Press). Filemyr will read and sign books at 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at Books & Company, 1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc, and at 2 p.m. Sept. 30 at Woodland Pattern Book ...

The Indie Author Revolution: An Insider's Guide to Self-Publishing
eNewsChannels
Beevas was inspired to write “The Indie Author Revolution” after witnessing a shift in the types of authors choosing to self-publish. “We're seeing an astounding number of authors, ... “Indie publishing can bring a book to print in under a year, and ...

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Will Monica publish a Clinton tell-all? (Video)
Examiner.com
Reports are mixed on whether Monica Lewinsky plans to publish a tell-all book detailing her now famous affair with Bill Clinton. Some say she's moving ahead with a $12 million book deal in which Lewinsky will shed her side of the Clinton affair. It's ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'Government Bullies'
Washington Times
This Rand Paul guy moves, I tell you: a book on the Tea Party last year; a satchel full of so-far vainly introduced legislation, with fetching titles such as the Freedom From Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures (FOCUS) Act; and this new book ...

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Book Review: The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain
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Black books. Noir often features sleazy character instead of untarnished knights in fedoras, often very tarnished, very often despicable, and very often consumed by those mean streets. As Charles Ardai says in the Afterword of the reviewed book, "Cain ...

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'A Book and a Chat' with author/host Barry Eva (A Q&A)
Examiner.com
The host of the much beloved radio show “A Book and a Chat”, Eva is also an author. He wrote the popular and highly-acclaimed young adult novel Across the Pond under the name “Storyheart” and recently published The Bathroom Book of Romance – Book...

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Author details Diablo ideas that never made it into the games
Shacknews
Three episodes of the Stay Awhile and Listen stories from author David Craddock are in the books, and today's new installment, we find out about several ideas for Diablo and Diablo II that never made it into the games. Blizzard North, previously Condor ...

$1 million suit filed by Rich Central counselor fired over racy book
Chicago Tribune
A guidance counselor and former girls basketball coach who was fired from Rich Central High School after writing a graphic book about relationships has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $1 million, contending his free speech rights were violated. The ...

New baking books fuel holiday dreams
Macon Telegraph (blog)
King's passion for baking really comes through in "Baking for Friends" (Priddy Books, $24.95). Each recipe in "Betty Crocker the Big Book of Cookies" (Wiley, $19.99) is accompanied by a color photograph, so there's no guesswork in picking the right recipe.

'Fifty Shades' fans show their love at book signing
HeraldNet
Sisters Lucie Miller (left) and Martha DeLeon snap photos of E.L. James, author of the "Fifty Shades" trilogy of books, during a book signing event at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on Saturday. E.L. James, author of the "Fifty Shades" books ...

Work, Clean, Man, Woman
Wall Street Journal (blog)
So says the author Hanna Rosin, in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal's Mary M. Lane, in the subject of her new book, “The End of Men.” Despite the black and white title, Rosin's book examines the complexity of changing gender dynamics and ...

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Tim Skubick: Book describes early rocky relationship between Obama and ...
MLive.com
Bob Woodward explores how President Barack Obama works in Washington D.C., a city that functions on relationships. Here's what they don't teach you in the government books: To get stuff done in Lansing or Washington ...

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Eric LeGrand book excerpt: Believe
ESPN (blog)
The 2012 NFL Draft was held over a long weekend in late April at Radio City Music Hall in New York City -- practically in my backyard. There was a lot of hoopla and excitement associated with the draft, but I couldn't help but feel a little glum as I ...

One Read Book Club, Week Six: The Apothecary, the River and Our Story's End
Columbia Daily Tribune (blog)
“The Jungle Book” is missing except for a single torn page containing a picture of a tiger and the word “Galina” written above it. ... Do you have your own questions for the author? Join the ... How do folklore/magic and realism come together at the ...

Author, mountaineer talks about 'Climbing Your Own Everest' in Avon
Vail Daily News
Jon Kedrowski, an Eagle Valley High School graduate/valedictorian, acclaimed author, world class mountaineer and Everest summiteer, will be at Walking Mountains Science Center to share tales of his journeys and experiences on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. He ...

Book captures former Sun columnist's wit, wisdom
Sentinel and Enterprise
"Sully: The Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan," a 116-page coffee-table book featuring 100 of Sullivan's columns from his 17-year career with The Sun, was unveiled Sunday at a book-launch gathering. The event was attended by Sullivan's family, ...

Whoa! Gov. Rick Perry Threatened To Sue HuffPo Over Gay Rumors (DETAILS)
Global Grind
However, when Huffington Post writer Jason Cherkis threatened to publish an account about the Christian Republican's homosexual encounters, Perry's aide threatened to sue HuffPo's mother company AOL. A new ebook by Texas Tribune Reporter Jay Root...

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Book Review: Blue Dust: Forbidden by Katy Krump
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Home Books Book Review: Blue Dust: Forbidden by Katy Krump ...

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Author Blog: Looking Up in New York
Forward (blog)
As I write in the book: “I visited a Holocaust Memorial site on vacation in the Czech Republic (it moved me to be sure, but not in this direction); I had children (I love them but that didn't do it either); I lost members of my family (I miss my ...

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Slanted Door Charles Phan authors book
San Francisco Chronicle
Most know him as the chef-owner of the Slanted Door family of restaurants, but on this night, Phan wears different hats - home cook, teacher and, with the release of his firstbook, "Vietnamese Home Cooking," author. Written 17 years after he opened ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Centennial book has old and new images of Manhattan Beach
Beach Reporter
When Manhattan Beach photographer John Post set out to make a book marking the town's 100th birthday this year, he planned to follow the lead of other historical publications and fill the pages with old photos. His new book offers many of them. But ...

One Shade of Grey at Persephone Books - GalleyCat
By Jason Boog
Quirk Books is looking for a Writer/Editor. next job Cambridge University Press is looking for a Production Editor. next job Independent Publishers Group is looking for a Special Sales Associate. see all · Bookselling, Fifty Shades ...
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When Did Book Art Become So Surreal? | TeleRead: News and ...
By Dan Eldridge
By Dan Eldridge. Is it just me, or has book art gotten much, much more intricate and surreal than it was, say, a decade ago? Some of this stuff is just beyond belief. If I was independently wealthy and wanted to start an art collection, there are ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

New ebook Argues 2012 is a Referendum on George W. Bush
By Paul Glastris
A compilation of some of the best journalism published in the Washington Monthly magazine during those years, the book gives an insightful real-time account of what happened in Washington when, for the first time in half a century, the GOP ...
Political Animal

A Beautiful Book of Glam, Proto-Punk, and Bubblegum 45 rpm ...
By Mark Murrmann
Nonetheless, the recently published book Wired Up! pays tribute to these lost soldiers in the rock 'n' roll war with beautiful, faithful reproductions of sleeves of 45s released in Europe from 1970-1976. Given that Wired Up! is a book of record ...
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Wooster on Paper #2: Graphite, Art Book Curated by Wooster ...
By Justin Page
Graphite: Wooster on Paper #2 is a book curated by New York City-based Marc Schiller and Sara Schiller of Wooster Collective who asked 31 artists from around the world to sketch in pencil. Each section of the book (on being human, death ...
Laughing Squid

International Book Week Wants You - Melville House Books
By Sal Robinson
Nobody knows what International Book Week is, but everyone wants to be part of it. Because it's so easy to be part of. You don't have to go to anything, you don't have to donate anything, you don't have to recommend or like or click or retweet ...
Melville House Books

Book Review: Mapping Out a Blueprint for Fundraising Success ...
By cmaadmin
Marybeth Gasman and Nelson Bowman have written a thoughtful, insightful and informative book on fundraising that will assist members of an important faction in American educational society. Although aimed at Historically Black Colleges ...
Diverse

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Investor: Reckless Endangerment - Book Review
By Robert Wasilewski
And many of those who played key roles are named in this book which is unusual for this genre - I know because I have made a hobby out of reading books on the 2008 housing crisis. The end of thebook has a list of key players and where ...
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Investor

Author Describes Clash of Titans Jefferson and Marshall in 'The ...
Professor R. Kent Newmyer reveals all these events in his new book, The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation. He joined The Modern Law Library podcast to discuss his book with ABA Journal ... in the political, constitutional and legal history of the early national period. Newmyer is also the author of the books Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Statesman of the Old Republic and John Marshall at the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court.
ABA Journal Daily News

The Musings of a Book Addict: Uncontrollable Book Launch
By Sandra Stiles
The Musings of a Book Addict. Book reviews for the young and the old. This site reviews children, teen, and adult books with a few interesting things thrown into the mix. Pages. Home · Me and My Blog · Review Policy · My Book · FTC. Monday ...
The Musings of a Book Addict

Long Lines For Tony LaRussa Book Signing | FOX2now.com – St ...
By Staff Writer
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - Tony LaRussa is back in town to promote his memoir 'One Last Strike'. Left Bank Books downtown location is throwing him a little street party. It kicked off at noon on Locust street between 10th and 11th street.
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Polished Criminails: Challenge: Day 24 - Inspired By A Book
By Polished Raych
Today's inspiration post comes from a book. Now I searched high and low for a book that 'inspired' me, and I was about to give up when I thought about 'The Mighty Book Of Boosh' which I bought a long time ago, but it was at my mums house.
Polished Criminails

gertie's new book for better sewing
By Casey
About half the book is devoted to the basics of sewing and techniques. I admit, I just skimmed over this because I have so many vintage sewing books that much of the information is just repetitive to me. And having been so immersed in the ...
Casey's Elegant Musings

15000 in Income From an eBook, How I Did It - Saturn Flyer
in Income From an eBook, How I Did It. by Jim Gay. Over less than 6 months I've made more than $15k in revenue from Clean Ruby. It's an unfinished book and ...
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For Tig Notaro, an Album and Book Deal Based on a Memorable Set ...
As for the publishing deal, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, said on Monday that the book, a collection of autobiographical essays, is tentatively scheduled for ...
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