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Time anthology reaffirms the printed word

AP - Fri Jul 18, 12:51 PM ET

"85 Years of Great Writing in Time" (Time Books, 560 pages, $26.95): Those of us who traffic in words for a living feel somewhat under siege these days, like a Donkey Kong machine sitting forlornly in the corner of a ramshackle pizza parlor while teenagers on the sidewalk outside play Grand Theft Auto on their handhelds.

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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS AP - Thu Jul 17, 1:24 PM ET
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS AP - Thu Jul 17, 1:24 PM ET
1. "Tribute" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)
Harris goes straight in latest novel AP - Thu Jul 17, 7:59 AM ET
ATLANTA - Best selling writer E. Lynn Harris can still remember the first time he realized he was poor.
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' AP - Wed Jul 16, 11:19 AM ET
NEW YORK - It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning.
AP Exclusive: Solzhenitsyn work coming out AP - Tue Jul 15, 2:07 PM ET
NEW YORK - An uncut edition of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's "The First Circle," a highly praised and controversial novel published 40 years ago and heavily edited because of its story of a Soviet prison camp, is finally coming out in English.
IUPUI says sorry to janitor scolded over KKK book AP - Mon Jul 14, 5:51 PM ET
INDIANAPOLIS - A janitor whom a university official had accused of racial harassment for reading a historical book about the Ku Klux Klan on his break has gotten an apology — months later — from the school.
Madonna will "do her best" for marriage: brother Reuters - Mon Jul 14, 2:56 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone says the singer would "do her best to maintain" her marriage to British director Guy Ritchie and that he doubts she had an affair with Yankee baseball player Alex Rodriguez.
Larry King takes on his toughest subject: his life AP - Mon Jul 14, 1:12 PM ET
NEW YORK - Larry King is ready to tell his story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS AP - Thu Jul 17, 1:26 PM ET
1. "Tribute" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)
Bill Russell writing book about coach Red Auerbach AP - Mon Jul 14, 1:08 PM ET
NEW YORK - Basketball great Bill Russell is working on a memoir about his friendship with the late Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics coach for whom Russell starred on a long run of championship teams.
Hopes and doubts over possible Kafka trove in Israel Reuters - Fri Jul 11, 1:09 PM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Does the Tel Aviv apartment of a lately deceased centenarian hold a trove of moldering manuscripts that could rewrite our understanding of Franz Kafka?
Elvis Cole returns in 11th novel AP - Fri Jul 11, 1:05 PM ET
"Chasing Darkness" (Simon & Schuster. 273 pages. $25.95), by Robert Crais: Little in life is as satisfying as a new Elvis Cole novel. Each installment of Robert Crais' 20-year-old series is like meeting a good friend for lunch who you haven't seen in a long time.
Thriller master Ridley Pearson strikes again AP - Fri Jul 11, 12:53 PM ET
"Killer View" (G.P. Putnam's Sons. 340 pages. $24.95), by Ridley Pearson: Only Ridley Pearson could take a timeless children's tale and deftly turn it into a series of engaging thrillers.
David Morrell's 'Captain America' a knockout AP - Thu Jul 10, 6:43 PM ET
"Captain America: The Chosen" (Marvel Comics. 168 Pages. $24.99), by David Morrell and Mitch Breitweiser: David Morrell has done something totally new: The best selling author of action thrillers has written a comic-book series. It all happened because a Marvel Comics editor suggested that Morrell, who created the famous character "Rambo" in his novel, "First Blood," would make a good pairing with another military icon, Captain America.
Memoir says Madonna's true love is herself AP - Thu Jul 10, 2:57 PM ET
NEW YORK - A memoir by Madonna's brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself.
Vampires at midnight! Parties for last 'Twilight' AP - Thu Jul 10, 1:40 PM ET
On the first Saturday in August, at midnight, Wordsmiths Books in Decatur, Ga., will be decorated in black and red. Prizes will be handed out and special cookies — some with a filling the color of blood, will be served.
Rushdie takes 'Best of Booker' prize AP - Thu Jul 10, 11:45 AM ET
LONDON - Salman Rushdie is probably the Booker Prize's best-known winner. Now he is officially the best.
Salman Rushdie wins "Best of Booker" award Reuters - Thu Jul 10, 8:23 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - British author Salman Rushdie won the "Best of the Booker" prize on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.
After years of chaos, Motley Crue still no "Saints" Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 6:16 PM ET
NEW YORK (Billboard) - When author Neil Strauss first met Motley Crue, the scene could have been ripped right from "The Dirt," the 2001 band autobiography he co-wrote with the group that became a New York Times best seller.
'Well Enough Alone' details a life of hypochondria AP - Mon Jul 7, 5:10 PM ET
"Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria" (Riverhead Books. 256 pages. $23.95), by Jennifer Traig: In our current age of anxiety, medical-themed TV shows and WebMD, most of us — at one time or another — have inflated a pimple into cancer or a stomachache into appendicitis.
Author traces how Kama Sutra became worldwide epic AP - Mon Jul 7, 4:12 PM ET
"The Book of Love: The Story of the Kama Sutra" (Henry Holt and Co. 272 pages. $27.50), by James McConnachie: There's something almost magical about the words "Kama Sutra." They conjure up images of hidden passion, of mystical eroticism, of countless lovemaking positions that are impossibly acrobatic.
Sedaris' new book: more mature, thoughtful writer AP - Mon Jul 7, 3:42 PM ET
OAKLAND, Calif. - Pick up David Sedaris' new book and you're staring at death. If the van Gogh painting of a skeleton gracing the cover doesn't say it clearly enough, the fact that the skull is smoking a cigarette should.
Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 10:58 AM ET
PARATY, Brazil (Reuters) - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
DMX Literally Lands in Jail E! Online - Wed Jul 2, 3:34 PM ET
Los Angeles (E! Online) - DMX is making a point of getting to know the bars everywhere he goes.
Top-selling Spanish cookbook author Simone Ortega dead at 89 AFP - Wed Jul 2, 2:34 PM ET
MADRID (AFP) - Top-selling Spanish cookbook author and chef Simone Ortega, who won top culinary awards in both France and Spain, has died, her publisher said Wednesday. She was 89.
Russian label Irfe rises from its ashes in Paris AP - Tue Jul 1, 12:01 PM ET
PARIS - The history of Russian fashion label Irfe reads like a rollicking bestseller, but for designer Olga Sorokina, it's a fairytale come true.
McClellan campaigns for himself in promoting book AP - Mon Jun 30, 6:01 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - On his book promotion stopover here, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan was squired around by a "literary escort," a pleasant woman named Naomi who drives visiting authors to their speaking engagements in a blue convertible. There were no motorcades, no street closures, no Secret Service.
Serial killer and suspect president AP - Mon Jun 30, 2:14 PM ET
"Executive Privilege" (HarperCollins Publishing. 368 pages. $25.95), by Phillip Margolin: It's a common plot ploy: A detective takes what looks like an easy job and winds up running for her life.
Tale of botched terror war marred by errors AP - Fri Jun 27, 2:29 PM ET
"Hunting Bin Laden" (Skyhorse Publishing. 229 pages. $24.95), by Rob Schultheis: Veteran war correspondent Rob Schultheis draws a line in the sand early in his new book, "Hunting Bin Laden."