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Rowling's 'Tales of Beedle the Bard' figured into 'Potter' finale

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:02:37 GMT

J.K. Rowling's new book of fairy tales has a direct link to the boy wizard's adventures: Beedle is the book that Hogwarts headmaster ...

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:48:46 GMT

Playwright William Gibson, whose The Miracle Worker has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of ...

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:40:21 GMT

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success enters USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list at No. 9; Kate Jacobs is back with ...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:34:24 GMT

If only it were this easy. That simple phrase inspired The Traveler, a "sweet and heartwarming" new book by Daren Simkin that ...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:21 GMT

In a digital age, with so much information free for the clicking, reference books may seem like an anachronism. Not so. USA ...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:37:41 GMT

John Updike, who has a long and graphic history of detailing coupling on the page, won a lifetime achievement award Tuesday from ...

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:46:22 GMT

First Lady Laura Bush confirmed to The Associated Press that she is planning a memoir and has met with publishers.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:09:50 GMT

Perhaps the title of the book says it all: Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:46:53 GMT

Theodore "Mead" Fegley is a math whiz. But with genius there often comes heartache, as M. Ann Jacoby relates in her new novel, ...

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:39:21 GMT

Author Meryl Gordon's Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach is an even-handed and fascinating ...

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:05:52 GMT

Calvin Trillin, who calls himself a "deadline poet," lived up to his description in the rush to complete and publish Deciding ...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:45:26 GMT

With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of ...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:55 GMT

Sister Souljah, activist, novelist, former hip-hop performer and cultural lightning rod, has been hailed as a star of "urban ...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:31 GMT

A history of a president's secret slave family and a revised novel, shaped out of a previous trilogy, won the top prizes Wednesday ...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:35:12 GMT

Reviews of The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti, Serena by Ron Rash, The Shiksa Syndrome by Laurie Graff and The Toss of a Lemon by ...