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Fisher's 'The Princess Diarist' doesn't dish enough

Wednesday, 4 January 2017, 14:23 Last update: about 11 years ago

"I've spent so many years not telling the story of Harrison and me having an affair on the first 'Star Wars' movie that it's difficult to know exactly how to tell it now," Carrie Fisher announces on...

'This means war' _ New AP book draws on Pearl Harbor reports

Friday, 23 December 2016, 13:02 Last update: about 11 years ago

Seventy-five years after the Japanese attack on Hawaii that brought the United States into World War II, The Associated Press is publishing "Pearl Harbor: An AP Special Anniversary Edition." The...

Publisher: Former Obama White House aide writing memoir

Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 13:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

A former White House aide who is now the chief operating officer of a Brooklyn-based media company is working on an upbeat, but "warts and all" book about her years in the Obama...

Publication halted for provocative children's books parody

Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 12:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

Publication has been halted for a provocative satire of children's stories, "Bad Little Children's Books," which had been criticized by online commenters for poor taste and reinforcing racial and...

Readers will feel lost in 'The Tourist' by Robert Dickinson

Saturday, 10 December 2016, 13:53 Last update: about 11 years ago

Robert Dickinson's latest novel, "The Tourist," is billed as a conspiracy thriller, but it's a sci-fi novel that explores various ramifications of time travel. In a future that appears bleak,...

'Moonglow' by Michael Chabon

Friday, 9 December 2016, 13:52 Last update: about 11 years ago

In his latest novel, "Moonglow," author and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon aims for the moon and successfully touches down on the lunar surface after a journey that leaps across the decades, the...

'Ruler of the Night' transports readers to Victorian London

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 13:51 Last update: about 11 years ago

David Morrell's conclusion to the trilogy featuring Thomas De Quincey is another example of stellar writing and storytelling. In the two previous novels featuring the essayist and opium addict,...

David Rosenfelt returns with 'The Twelve Dogs of Christmas'

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 13:49 Last update: about 11 years ago

David Rosenfelt is known for his legal thrillers filled with wry humor. His latest, "The Twelve Dogs of Christmas," is heartwarming and ingeniously plotted. Andy Carpenter is a criminal defense...

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