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 There’s no genuine heeling, no rehabilitation, as Stephen
King’s latest novel, “Duma Key.”
The story makes its debut with the tragic accident of Edgar
Freemantle, who is nearly killed crushed by one of his cranes. A former
successful businessman in the construction field, he finds himself dreading the
fact that he is still alive,...
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 Kansas
has been the setting of many novels, starting with “the Wonderful
Wizard Of Oz” and culminating in the present days with “Bleeding Kansas”,
written by Sara Paretsky.
The author is known for her detective saga that focused on
private investigator V.I. Warshawski that managed to resolve various twisted
crimes. Paretsky...
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 An auction sold a fairytales book by Harry Potter author Joanne K Rowling on Thursday for the astonishingly amount of 1.95 million pounds (3.98 million dollars), which would be donated to a charity for abandoned and orphan children.The only seven copies of The Tales of Beedle The Bard, bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with...
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 The magic universe of Harry Potter couldn’t end more
magically than it did, with the sole copy on sale being sold for $ 4 million.
Sotheby’s auction house in London sheltered the auction for one of the
seven copies of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” and the purchaser is no one else
than Web retailer Amazon.com Inc., who was...
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 The British Library has acquired the complete archive of the greatest living British writer and playwright, Harold Pinter, for the amount of 1.1 million pounds.The acquisition was possible thanks to a grant of 216.000 pounds from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), added to the existing British Library funds and private...
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 The author of
"Election" (1998) and " Little Children" (2004), Tom
Perrotta tackles the upper-middle-class living in the Northeastern suburbs, a
religious community whose mundane life is marked by the struggle between
credence and sex.
The Abstinence Teacher depicts
the story of a recently-divorced sex-ed...
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 The New York City's
Carnegie Hall not only that houses high-class events, but also is the premises
for unexpected confessions. The
splendorous concert hall was opened to 2,000 kids and parents that won the
spectacular chance to meet J.K. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter and his
magic world.
The fans were allowed to ask...
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 Besides giving readers several hours of high-quality entertainment, and making author JK Rowling one of Britain’s richest women, the final installment of the series also boosted Barnes & Noble’s profits. According to a release from the New York-based bookseller, its second-quarter earnings rose 8.9% from last year amid strong sales...
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 Citing lack of customer interest, America’s largest specialty book retailer refused to stock and sell O.J. Simpson's hypothetical book about the murder of his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman, "If I Did It."However, costumers interested in reading the book can purchase it by special order or online through Barnes &...
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 It hasn’t even been that long since British author JK Rowling wrapped up the Harry Potter series but she is rumored to be already working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.Known for working in cafes rather than the confinement of her home, Rowling was spotted by the wife of a fellow author and neighbor, Ian...
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 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
After the death of Dr. Doom the Fantastic Four fell life is back to
normal for the team. And Reed Richards and Sue Storm Get married.
Little do they know that a new...
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 “SiCKO”: not a Fair Movie
Michael Moore’s controversial
latest documentary about the United
States’ health care system has been recently
categorized as a personal battle of the filmmaker...
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