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Paula Deen publisher cancels book deal. Now what? (+video)
Paula Deen was supposed to release "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up" in October. But Ballantine Books canceled the release, even though it was already No. 1 in pre-orders on Amazon.
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'1984' book sales surge on NSA spy scandal
'1984' book sales are rising after the Edward Snowden revelations about NSA spying. The topic of 'Big Brother' watching has spurred the sales of George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World."
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Jack Vance was one of literature's 'most distinctive and undervalued voices'
Vance collected a number of awards over the years, including Hugo Awards for 'The Dragon Masters' in 1963, 'The Last Castle' in 1967, and for his memoir 'This is Me, Jack Vance!' in 2010.
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Lauren Graham pens new novel, 'Someday, Someday, Maybe'
'Parenthood,' 'Gilmore Girls' actress Lauren Graham's new book 'Someday, Someday, Maybe' follows a 20-something aspiring actress named Franny Banks who is living in New York City in the 1990s.
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Tom Sizemore: Drugs were part of his downfall, says book
Tom Sizemore: Drugs, immaturity, arrogance are among the failings that led to actor Tom Sizemore's downfall. He details his career arc in "By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There."
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Jane Goodall apologizes for plagiarizing in new book
Jane Goodall apologizes: The famous primate researcher apologizes because her some passages were lifted from elsewhere. Jane Goodall and the publisher of "Seeds of Hope" announced a delay in the book's release.
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Bill O'Reilly book: 'Killing Jesus' due out in September
Bill O'Reilly book: 'Killing Jesus: A History' is due out in September says publisher. Bill O'Reilly has also written books titled "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy."
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Debbie Ford, author of 'The Dark Side of the Light Chasers,' dies
Debbie Ford wrote 'The Dark side of the Light Chasers,' a self-help book. Debbie Ford built on her self-help books to become a lecturer, teacher, self-help coach at the The Ford Institute for Transformational Training. Ford passed on Sunday.
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Kate Middleton criticized by Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize winner (+video)
Kate Middleton was verbally attacked by Hilary Mantel, the first Briton to twice win the coveted Man Booker prize for fiction. In her attack, Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton as 'a shop-window mannequin, with no personality.'
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Amanda Knox interview in April with Diane Sawyer
Amanda Knox interview: ABC News has an exclusive interview with Amanda Knox to air on April 30, when Knox's book, "Waiting to Be Heard," goes on sale.
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Evan Connell dies: Author penned book on Custer's Last Stand
Evan Connell dies: The acclaimed author of 'Son of the Morning Star' wrote over a dozen books. Evan Connell dies having written 'Mrs. Bridge' and 'Mr. Bridge,' about a Kansas City lawyer and his wife.
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Pippa Middleton book deal worth some $640,000
Pippa Middleton book: On Thursday her 416-page glossy hardback will be released in Britain. The title of the Pippa Middleton book of recipes and party planning tips? "Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Families and Friends"
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J. K. Rowling's new book: Gritty and darkly humorous
J.K. Rowling has written a gritty and darkly humorous tale of ugly realities in a pretty English village. "The Casual Vacancy" is a story of ambition, envy, and rivalry. "There's swearing and sex ... It's a bit of a shock," says one reader.
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Navy SEAL book on bin Laden raid contradicts White House accounts (+video)
Osama bin Laden was not armed, and posed no threat when the Al Qaeda leader was fatally shot by Navy SEALs, says the first-hand account by a Navy SEAL on the raid. The book goes on sale Sept. 4.
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Navy SEAL Osama bin Laden book: Too 'top secret' to be published? (+video)
Navy SEAL Osama book: Will the US military and CIA allow the book by a Navy SEAL who was on the Osama bin Laden raid, be published?
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How Jonah Lehrer was caught inventing Bob Dylan quotes
Jonah Lehrer resigned from The New Yorker after Tablet Magazine discovered Lehrer had fabricated quotes by Bob Dylan in Lehrer's latest book "Imagine: How Creativity Works."
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Michelle Obama receives thumbs-up from daughters on new book
Michelle Obama gets approval from her daughters on her book "American Grown," which traces the story of the White House garden through photographs, recipes and anecdotes from the elementary school kids who help maintain it.
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Ray Bradbury remembered for sci-fi classic 'Fahrenheit 451' and other literature
Ray Bradbury passed away Tuesday in California, according to his daughter. 'Fahrenheit 451' was produced on rented typewriters.
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Most well-read cities: Three Virginia cities on Amazon top 20 list
Most well-read cities included Alexandria, Va., which came out ahead of Cambridge, Mass., and Berkeley, Calif., in the Amazon list. The top 5 most-well read cities also included Ann Arbor, Mich., and Boulder, Colorado.
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Carlos Fuentes: Tribute to a Mexican literary and political icon
Carlos Fuentes belonged to a generation of Latin American writers who were both literary and political, author and social commentator. Fuentes was a public intellectual.
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