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  • December 2007

    • The Best Unsung Books of 2007

      NPR  |  Dec 30, 07 11:07 AM CST

      The Best Unsung Books of 2007

      (Newser) - Looking for a read off the beaten path? NPR asks two literary bloggers—Laura Miller of Salon and Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation—for the best works, fictional or factual, that were overlooked by mainstream book-review sections in 2007. The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck: "A new kind of military novel" Autonauts of the Cosmoroute: A Timeless Voyage from Paris to Marseille , by Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop: The last work of the legendary Argentine experimental novelist More »

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      list  • book  • book reviews

    • Amazon Unveiled as $4M Buyer of Rowling Fairy Tales

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 14, 07 3:54 PM CST

      Amazon Unveiled as $4M Buyer of Rowling Fairy Tales

      (Newser) - The Internet giant of book sales revealed today that it was behind the purchase of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" in auction yesterday. Amazon paid $3.98 million for the handwritten manuscript -- a record for a children's book and for any modern literary manuscript, not to mention JK Rowling herself, reports Bloomberg . The money will go to a charity co-founded by the "Harry Potter" author. More »

    • JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

      Reuters  |  Dec 13, 07 12:15 PM CST

      JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

      (Newser) - Sotheby’s figured The Tales of Beedle the Bard would fetch about $100,000 at auction—in retrospect, about 40 times too low. The book, a one-of-a-kind piece of the Harry Potter canon hand-written and illustrated by JK Rowling herself, fetched $3.98 million for charity today, Reuters reports. “Christmas has come early for me,” said an ecstatic Rowling. More »

  • November 2007

    • Kennedy Inks Blockbuster Deal for Memoir

      New York Times  |  Nov 27, 07 11:45 AM CST

      Kennedy Inks Blockbuster Deal for Memoir

      (Newser) - After a 6-day auction, Ted Kennedy's memoirs have sold for more than $8 million, the New York Times reports. Assuming the Senate Ethics Committee OKs the deal, Kennedy will discuss his lengthy career, infamous car crash, and failed presidential bid. He’s “walking, talking history,” gushed the book's publisher. More »

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      book  • Ted Kennedy  • memoir

    • Authors List Literary Faves of '07

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 26, 07 4:38 PM CST

      Authors List Literary Faves of '07

      (Newser) - Read the books writers are raving about with the help of this list from the Guardian : David Hare: Five Germanys I Have Known , Fritz Stern Nicola Barker: Teenage , Jon Savage Margaret Drabble: Edith Wharton , Hermione Lee More »

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      list  • book  • book reviews

    • NYT 's Top Reads for 2007

      New York Times  |  Nov 22, 07 5:17 PM CST

      NYT 's Top Reads for 2007

      (Newser) - Recent write-ups say Americans should read more—but where to start? Try the New York Times ' 100 notable books of 2007, ranging from fiction to poetry, essays to bios. Among the acclaimed page-turners: Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal , Ben Macintyre The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? Francisco Goldman The Bad Girl , Mario Vargas Llosa The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao , Junot Diaz Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism , John Updike More »

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      book  • literature  • fiction  • nonfiction books  • top 10  • John Updike  • Philip Roth

    • Wharton Letter Bolsters Suicide Theory

      New York Times  |  Nov 21, 07 5:47 PM CST

      Wharton Letter Bolsters Suicide Theory

      (Newser) - A recently-discovered letter by Edith Wharton provides new evidence in The House of Mirth's lingering literary mystery , suggesting that heroine Lily Bart does, in fact, intend to kill herself at the book's end, the New York Times reports. Though the ambiguous text has led many to believe she died of an accidental overdose, Wharton's letter states that a fictional "friend of mine has made up her mind to commit suicide." More »

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      book  • suicide  • literature  • letters  • biography  • Edith Wharton

    • Is Our Children Reading?

      Boston Globe  |  Nov 19, 07 12:46 PM CST

      Is Our Children Reading?

      (Newser) - As far as young people are concerned, books are so 20th century. Reading's popularity has fallen as gadgets have taken over modern life, according to a new National Endowment for the Arts report. Only a third of high school seniors read at a proficient level. “And proficiency is not a high standard,” the NEA’s chairman told the Boston Globe . “We’re talking about reading the daily newspaper.” More »

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      children  • book  • reading  • literacy  • National Endowment for the Arts

    • Amazon's E-Book Gamble Gets Big Play

      Newsweek  |  Nov 19, 07 3:24 AM CST

      Amazon's E-Book Gamble Gets Big Play

      (Newser) - News that Amazon would debut its new Kindle e-book leaked earlier this week, and a Newsweek cover story has the full hype on what Jeff Bezos and company hope to achieve with it. "This isn't a device, it's a service," Bezos says of of the Kindle, pointing to its "Whispernet" wireless connection, which uses Sprint's EVDO network, as one of its key attributes. More »

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      Google  • book  • Amazon.com  • publishing  • reading  • Jeff Bezos  • Kindle  • Annie Proulx  • John Updike

  • October 2007

    • The Greatest Novel Never Read

      Slate  |  Oct 31, 07 8:10 PM CDT

      The Greatest Novel Never Read

      (Newser) - Just because they're accomplished writers doesn't mean they've made it through Ulysses . Slate asks contemporary authors to confess to the must-read classics they've never read: Amy Bloom, Moby Dick Stephen Carter , Harry Potter Jennifer Egan , Buddenbrooks More »

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      list  • book  • literature  • Harry Potter  • great books

    • Books Help Rwandan Kids Cope After Genocide

      Reuters  |  Oct 13, 07 7:58 PM CDT

      Books Help Rwandan Kids Cope After Genocide

      (Newser) - Rwandan kids are coping with life after genocide by reading, says the country's sole children's publisher. "After the genocide, children did not laugh, children did not play. But through language and stories, children can learn cultural history, and learn of our joy of life." Agnes Gyr-Ukunda says he has published roughly 450,000 copies of 27 titles since the Hutu-led ethnic cleansing of 1994. More »

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      book  • genocide  • Rwanda

    • Schlesinger's Memoirs Offer Insider View

      Washington Post  |  Oct 7, 07 7:30 PM CDT

      Schlesinger's Memoirs Offer Insider View

      (Newser) - From the Roosevelts to the Kennedys, from Groucho to Marilyn, Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s  journals provide a rich treasure of insights into 20th-century American life, says reviewer Jon Meacham in the Washington Post . In one gem, Schlesinger quotes JFK: "I'm perfectly willing to kiss Mrs. Roosevelt's arse; in fact I rather enjoyed it. But I can't spend all my time doing it." More »

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      book  • liberals  • Arthur Schlesinger Jr.  • journals

  • September 2007

    • 10 Girls With Major Magic

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 18, 07 10:24 AM CDT

      10 Girls With Major Magic

      (Newser) - Chocolat author Joanne Harris will soon publish her first children's book, Runemarks, which follows an adolescent heroine with magical powers. At the Guardian 's request, she recommends 10 children's books that feature strong female protagonists: The Ruby in the Smoke, Philip Pullman The Black Tattoo, Sam Enthoven Marianne Dreams, Catherine Storr More »

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      list  • children  • book  • Children's books  • Neil Gaiman

    • Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 07 11:04 AM CDT

      Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

      (Newser) - Meticulous pen-and-ink representations of the horrors of Dachau, drawn by a Polish Catholic artist who spent most of the war in concentration camps, form the backbone of a unique album that's drawing praise and curiosity from Holocaust scholars. The AP traces the history of the handmade book and the tortured souls who created and preserved it. More »

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      book  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Dachau

    • Fake Memoir Author Pens Debut Novel

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 13, 07 2:51 AM CDT

      Fake Memoir Author Pens Debut Novel

      (Newser) - Disgraced author James Frey, whose memoir "A Million Little Pieces" was revealed as fiction last year, will publish a debut novel, "Bright Shiny Morning," with HarperCollins, the Wall Street Journal reports. Frey's fabricated memoir about losing his life to drug addiction sold some 3 million copies and nabbed a coveted spot on Oprah's book list. More »

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      book  • Oprah Winfrey  • memoir  • novel  • fiction  • HarperCollins  • James Frey  • A Million Little Pieces

    • Prisoners Sue Over Religious Book Limits

      New York Times  |  Sep 10, 07 2:49 PM CDT

      Prisoners Sue Over Religious Book Limits

      (Newser) - The removal of  hundreds of thousands of  religious books  from federal prison libraries is drawing fire—not just from inmates, but from chaplains and other religious leaders. In the wake of 9/11, the Bureau of Prisons issued an approved list of religious books for institutions it controls, the Times reports, to eliminate those advocating radicalism or violence. More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • book  • prison  • First Amendment  • prisoners  • Bureau of Prisons

    • A Wrinkle in Time Author Dead at 88

      New York Times  |  Sep 7, 07 3:52 PM CDT

      A Wrinkle in Time Author Dead at 88

      (Newser) - Madeleine L'Engle, author of more than 60 works of science fiction, religious meditation, poetry, drama, and young adult fiction, died yesterday in Connecticut, the New York Times reports. She was 88 years old. Her most famous book, A Wrinkle in Time, has sold more than 6 million copies since its 1962 publication and is now in its 67th printing. More »

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      obituary  • book  • literature  • Children's books  • science fiction

    • Einstein Is Rolling Over in His Grave

      Popular Science  |  Sep 5, 07 6:52 PM CDT

      Einstein Is Rolling Over in His Grave

      (Newser) - If science held sway in Hollywood, Earth would have been blasted by a Texas-sized rock in Armageddon and Vin Diesel would have snowboarded for all of .45 seconds before waving a rippled arm goodbye under an avalanche in XXX . Not to mention that there's no sound in space, so bid aloha to cool THX-powered explosions when tie-fighters bite the dust. But a few flicks actually manage to get it right.   More »

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      list  • film  • Hollywood  • book  • science  • astrophysics

    • Life Imitates Art: Polish Crime Writer Convicted

      BBC  |  Sep 5, 07 10:04 AM CDT

      Life Imitates Art: Polish Crime Writer Convicted

      (Newser) - The Polish author charged with a gruesome murder similar to one he wrote about in a novel has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. A Warsaw court found Krystian Bala guilty yesterday after prosecutors demonstrated that his 2003 novel Amok contained information that only the murderer could know, the BBC reports. More »

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      murder  • book  • Poland  • Krystian Bala  • Amok

    • Female Cabbie Takes Readers for Ride in New Blog Book

      Reuters  |  Sep 4, 07 4:21 AM CDT

      Female Cabbie Takes Readers for Ride in New Blog Book

      (Newser) - A meager 1% of New York City cabbies are women, and now one of them is publishing a book about her strange adventures prowling the streets atop a cushion behind the wheel of her taxi. Melissa Plaut, 32, started hacking three years ago and began tracking the miles in a blog. Now Random House has taken it hardcover. More »

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      New York City  • book  • Jon Stewart  • taxi  • cabbie

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