Book Club for Doctors

2010-03-11T12:01:08Z

Dr. Robin Blake reads a passage from Still Alice, a novel about a woman's sudden descent into Alzheimer's disease during the University of Missouri Health Care book club meeting Wednesday evening, March 10, 2010, in Columbia, Mo. Blake retired early from medical school to wri...

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2010-03-10T17:16:44Z

Chelsea Handler signs copies of her new book 'Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang' at Barnes & Noble Union Square New York City, USA - 09.03.10

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2010-03-10T17:16:37Z

Chelsea Handler signs copies of her new book 'Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang' at Barnes & Noble Union Square New York City, USA - 09.03.10

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2010-03-09T17:32:18Z

Bestselling author Charlaine Harris at a photocall at Prince Charles Cinema London, England - 09.03.10

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2010-03-06T17:47:55Z

Emma Thompson signs copies of her new book 'Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang' at Waterstones Piccadilly London, England - 06.03.10

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2010-03-06T17:47:51Z

Emma Thompson signs copies of her new book 'Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang' at Waterstones Piccadilly London, England - 06.03.10

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2010-03-04T18:18:20Z

Sharon Osbourne signs copies of her debut novel 'Revenge' at Selfridges. London, England - 04.03.10

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Sharon Osbourne - Selfridges Book Signing

2010-03-04T11:34:11Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 04: Sharon Osbourne signs copies of her new book 'Revenge' at Selfridges on March 4, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Haruki Murakami prefers to keep to himself, yet the Japanese author who is a regular favorite in Nobel literature prize predictions has been translated into more than 40 languages.</p><p>Murakami's surreal style has won him fans worldwide, an...

Linden MacIntyre wins Canadian literature award

2010-02-24T06:55:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Linden MacIntyre wins Canadian literature award for novel about priest abuse</div><div><p>Linden MacIntyre, an investigative journalist who wrote a novel about sexual abuse by Catholic priests, has won one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards.</p><p>MacIntyre won the Scotiabank ...

Book Reviews - Are They Really Necessary?

2010-02-25T02:51:46Z

You have just received your masterpiece in print, and it?s both exciting and scary at the same. Perhaps you?ve just realized that you aren?t the only new author out there, and nobody knows who you are. Perhaps you?ve just asked yourself, ?How competitive is the book publishing industry anyway??<br><br>The statistics may surprise you. According to a recent survey of the top book publishers, an estimated 25 million people in the Jannet Beissinger and Vera Pless are among the rare success stories with their book The Cryptoclub, Using Mathematics to Make and Break Secret Codes. This book follows a group of fictional middle-school children who form a code-brea...

Book talk: Spain inspires novelist Rabb to complete trilogy

2010-02-26T09:16:30Z

<div><p>GIJON, Spain (Reuters Life!) - U.S. novelist Jonathan Rabb chose the Spanish Civil War to round off a trilogy of novels in which the turbulent interwar years of the 20th century have buffeted Berlin detective Nikolai Hoffner.</...

Wired editor responds to plagiarism charges

2010-02-26T17:06:53Z

<div><p>The editor-in-chief of technology magazine Wired apologized on Wednesday for failing to cite online encyclopedia Wikipedia in passages in his new book, the ironically titled "Free."</p><p>"This is entirely my own screwup, and will be corrected in the ebook and digital forms before publication," Ch...

US author Marilynne Robinson wins Orange prize for fiction

2010-02-27T02:06:20Z

<div><p>US author Marilynne Robinson was Wednesday awarded the 30,000-pound (50,000-dollar, 35,000-euro) Orange Prize for Fiction, which honours work by female writers from around the world.</p><p>At a ceremony in London, the judges described the Pulitzer-prize winner's latest novel "Home" as "exquisitely craft...

Celebrity Indian blogger publishes first novel

2010-02-27T02:30:57Z

<div><p>MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amit Varma, one of India's most popular bloggers, once wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal, worked on a cricket website and also dabbled in advertising. Now...

Celebrity Indian blogger turns to books

2010-02-27T02:32:38Z

<div><p>MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amit Varma, one of India's most popular bloggers, once wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal, worked on a cricket website and also dabbled in advertising. Now...

Celebrity Indian blogger turns to books as author

2010-02-27T02:32:42Z

<div><p>MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - Amit Varma, one of India's most popular bloggers, once wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal, worked on a cricket website and also dabbled in advertisin...

Murakami's novel a hit in Japan before it arrives

2010-02-27T04:52:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Murakami's novel a hit in Japan even before it arrives, despite secrecy of contents</div><div><p>Everything has been kept secret, except the author and title. But the first novel in five years by Japan's Haruki Murakami has become a hit even before its official release Friday.</p><p>"It is am...

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