Books
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Apple Responds To E-Book Price-Fixing AccusationsMay 15 2013 3:59 PM
One year and one month after the DOJ accused Apple of colluding with book publishers, the iPhone maker has responded.
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Iconic British Literary Magazine Expands Into New Frontier: ChinaApril 24 2013 2:23 PM
The venerable British literary magazine Granta has boldly expanded into China. But don't expect stuffy old English style for the newest addition.
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Author Iain Banks Delivers News Of His Terminal CancerApril 03 2013 6:05 PM
Banks said in a statement that he likely only has a few months to live and that his latest novel, "The Quarry," will be his last.
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Teen Shot By Taliban To Publish Her MemoirMarch 28 2013 4:58 AM
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head, plans to pen her life story.
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Dr. Seuss' Birthday 2013: IBTimes' Favorite Books By The Late Theodor 'Seuss' GeiselMarch 01 2013 3:34 PM
Saturday marks the 109th birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) and, in honor of the great author's day, IBTimes editors and reporters shared their favorite books.
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Stephen King Pulls 'Rage' From Bookshelves Citing 'Possible Accelerant' For School ShootersJanuary 25 2013 4:50 PM
Stephen King has injected himself into the American debate over gun control with a new essay titled “Guns.” The 25-page essay includes possible solutions to the mass-shooting epidemic that has plagued the nation but also announces King’s decision to remove his first novel, "Rage," from bookshelves.
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Bryce Courtenay Dies: Bestselling Australian Author Of 'The Power Of One' Dead At 79November 23 2012 1:58 PM
Australian author Bryce Courtenay, who took up writing relatively late in his life and had his first book acquired for $1 million, died Thursday of stomach cancer. He was 79.
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Boris Strugatsky, Russian Sci-Fi Writer, Dies At 79November 20 2012 12:38 PM
Russian sci-fi writer Boris Strugatsky died on Monday at 79.
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Housewife Raised By Monkeys: Marina Chapman Claims She Was Kidnapped And Reared By CapuchinsOctober 22 2012 12:06 PM
British housewife Marina Chapman said she was raised by monkeys in the jungle as a child before being sold to a brothel in a new book.
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Hilary Mantel Can Thank 'Downtown Abbey's' Matthew Crawley For Booker PrizeOctober 16 2012 5:08 PM
"Downton Abbey" star Dan Stevens was in London on Tuesday to help announce the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize. The award went to Hilary Mantel for "Bring up the Bodies."
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Lena Dunham's Multimillion Dollar Book Deal Puts Her In Good CompanyOctober 11 2012 11:57 AM
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Chinese Author Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize For LiteratureOctober 11 2012 7:54 AM
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 was awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, who in his dozens of stories and novels uses magic realism to merge folk tales, China’s history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.
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Sarah Palin Weight Loss And New Hairstyle, Promotion For Her New Fitness Book?October 10 2012 2:31 PM
The new and improved Sarah Palin has a new hairstyle and is sporting some major weight loss. Could it be for her new fitness book?
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Norway Massacre Can Happen Again, Says Norwegian AuthorOctober 08 2012 5:16 AM
Can a country as famously tolerant, integrated and prosperous as Norway feel safe again, now that Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the misfortune that hit Norway July 22 last year in the form of two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks, is behind bars serving his 21-year sentence? Maybe not. “There is a real chance that 7/22 can happen again,” Kjetil Stormark the Norwegian author of the recently released book, “The Oslo Killer Files: Private emails of a mass murderer,” told the International Business Times in an email interview.
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Jeet Thayil: ‘Narcopolis’ Is Not A Reflection Of My LifeOctober 04 2012 1:07 AM
“Narcopolis,” the debut novel by Jeet Thayil which has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is perceived to be a reflection of the life of the author since the experience of the protagonist, who is drawn to Mumbai’s underworld, is said to have some similarity with that of the novelist. But in an exclusive interview with the International Business Times, Thayil categorically denies that the novel is a reflection of his life.
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Banned Books Week: The Most Challenged BooksSeptember 30 2012 11:17 PM
Banned Books Week -- an annual observance sponsored by the American Library Association and other groups to fight censorship -- begins Sunday and ends Oct. 6. Banned Books Week events will be held across the nation and online in a celebration of literature. So, to fight censorship and celebrate the week yourself, why not learn more about the most challenged books of 2011?
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JK Rowling Has Doubts About Reception Of New Book 'The Casual Vacancy'September 22 2012 7:44 PM
J.K. Rowling, author of the very popular “Harry Potter” books, is finally ready to release her first novel set outside Hogwarts, “The Casual Vacancy.”
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Stephen King Reveals 'Shining' Sequel Publication Date; Sneak Peek Of 'Doctor Sleep'September 21 2012 3:56 PM
Stephen King announced the release date this week for his “Doctor Sleep,” the long-awaited sequel to “The Shining.” “Doctor Sleep” will be published Sept. 24, 2013, almost 40 years after horror fans first read about Jack Torrance and his family going crazy while stuck at the Overlook Hotel.
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'Fifty Shades Of Chicken' Cookbook Spoofs 'Fifty Shades Of Grey'September 20 2012 12:25 PM
To be released Nov. 3, “Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook,” penned under the pseudonym FL Fowler (a take on “Fifty Shades of Grey” author EL James,) is already ranked No. 1 on Amazon’s poultry cookbook list.
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Better Late Than Never For A Monica Lewinsky Tell-All BookSeptember 20 2012 11:43 AM
Almost 15 years after a sex scandal that not only jilted the White House but international policy during the Clinton administration, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky is reportedly planning to release a tell-all book documenting her alleged affair with former President Bill Clinton in a revenge attempt.
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