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James Salter breaks long silence with 'All That Is'
NEW YORK - Award-winning author James Salter, who completed his last full-length book more than 30 years ago, has released a new novel that chronicles a life drawn from many of his own experiences.
Wed, May 22 2013
Short story writer Lydia Davis wins major fiction prize
LONDON - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published.
Mon, May 20 2013
Preparing for Asia's golden age
SINGAPORE - There is a new gold rush in the Asia-Pacific: rising incomes and consumer spending by Asia's fast-growing middle classes that is generating unprecedented opportunities for multinational firms.
Thu, May 16 2013
Novelist Irvine Welsh spies future in mixed-media
BRUSSELS - Electronic publishing is allowing authors to be more creative and the best ones are successfully blending video and online content with traditional text, says cult writer Irvine Welsh.
Book Talk: Of apes and atheists - is empathy evolution?
JOHANNESBURG - For biologist Frans de Waal, a peaceful species of great ape in Africa is a mirror of humanity and a living argument that empathy and cooperation are far from unique to mankind.
Wed, May 15 2013
Critics label Dan Brown's "Inferno" a clunky page-turner
LONDON - Early reviews of Dan Brown's fast-paced fourth book in "The Da Vinci Code" series labeled it a "clunky" page-turner that will nevertheless delight his fans.
Mon, May 13 2013
Dan Brown's "Inferno" novel in hot demand ahead of release
LONDON - Booksellers are predicting that "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown's latest title "Inferno" will become the biggest-selling book of the year, ahead of its release on Tuesday.
Thu, May 9 2013
'12th of Never' climbs to top of U.S. best-sellers list
NEW YORK - "The 12th of Never," by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, climbed to the top of the U.S. best-sellers list on Thursday.
Book Talk: "The Last Train to Zona Verde," Paul Theroux's African signoff
BOSTON - Paul Theroux said his literary goodbye to Africa at a train station in Luanda, Angola, five decades after he first visited the continent as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Mon, May 6 2013
Author Murakami makes first Japan public appearance in 18 years
KYOTO, Japan - Japanese author Haruki Murakami made his first public appearance in his homeland in 18 years on Monday, describing his newest novel, which was an instant-best seller, as a story that takes place in the real world, unlike many of his other novels.
McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.
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