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NEW YORK - A biography of President Barack Obama is coming this spring from New Yorker editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama" will be released April 6. Read Full Artice...
NEW YORK - The long-awaited fourth installment of James Redfield's million-selling "Celestine" series is expected next year.
"The Twelfth Insight" will be Redfield's first "Celestine" novel since 1999. Read Full Artice...
NEW YORK - Google says it needs until Friday to come up with a new proposal that would give it the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Read Full Artice...
Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist "A People's History of the United States" became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died. Read Full Artice...
Syrie James' "The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen" was selected by Library Journal as Best First Novel of 2008.
Talks are underway to turn her most recent work, "The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte," into a movie. Read Full Artice...
He landed on the moon with clocklike precision, but visiting the South Bay, not so much.
Buzz Aldrin - the second man to walk on the moon - was about 10 minutes late for his talk and book signing at Borders Books in Torrance. Read Full Artice...
More education news South Bay education news
Torrance. Barnes and Noble will hold a fundraiser to support the Torrance Education Foundation. From Tuesday to Thursday this week, the bookstore will donate a percentage of purchases to the foundation. Read Full Artice...
"Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book debuted at No. 1 with $32.5 million. Read Full Artice...
NEW YORK - When we last saw Nanny, she was screaming into a spy camera hidden in a teddy bear. Read Full Artice...
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