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Marcel Beyer revisits post-war Germany in "Kaltenburg"

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Marcel Beyer’s latest novel takes place in postwar Dresden, but the award-winning German author didn’t actually set foot there until the mid-1990s. When he did, he knew “from the very first day” that he had a book to write. That book is “Kaltenburg.” Originally published in Germany several years ago, it was released in the United States on Tuesday and is Beyer’s latest book to be translated into English by the writer who the New Yorker magazine designated as one of the current best young European novelists. …

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Steve Harvey tells moviegoers how to "Think Like a Man"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Steve Harvey is a veteran of stand-up comedy and television with programs like his sitcom “The Steve Harvey Show” and the game show “Family Feud,” which he currently hosts. This Friday, his 2009 bestselling, non-fiction book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment” gets the big screen treatment in comedy film, “Think Like a Man.” With an all-star cast including Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Romany Malco, hip-hop singer Chris Brown and Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. …

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"The Lost Years" tops bestsellers list

NEW YORK (Reuters) – “The Lost Years” soared to the top of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday. The list is compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. “The Lost Years” by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster, $26.99) – 2. “Guilty Wives” by James Patterson & David Ellis (Little, Brown, $27.99) 2 3. “Sacré Bleu” by Christopher Moore (Morrow, $26.99) – 4. “The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection” by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $24.95) – 5. …

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JK Rowling’s first adult novel will be "blackly comic"

NEW YORK (Reuters) – J.K. Rowling’s first book for adults will be a “blackly comic” novel set in an idyllic English town where all is not what it seems, its publisher said on Thursday. The title of the closely guarded 480-page novel by the prolific “Harry Potter” author will be “The Casual Vacancy.” It and will be available worldwide in English on September 27 in hardback, e-book and in audio form, Little, Brown and Company said in a statement. The publisher promised it will be “blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising,” and offered some general plot details. …

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William Boyd to pen new Bond novel set in late 1960s

LONDON (Reuters) – Suave and brutal British superspy James Bond will find himself in the thick of danger at the end of the swinging ’60s in a new, official novel by author William Boyd due out next year. The best-selling British novelist told Reuters on Thursday that he will put his knowledge of Cold War espionage to good use to pen the next adventure of the 007 character created by Ian Fleming, who has grown into a global book and film phenomenon. Boyd is the third writer in recent years to be invited by the Fleming estate to write an official Bond novel. U.S. ..

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Jazz musician Herbie Hancock to pen memoir

(Reuters) – Jazz musician Herbie Hancock will reveal intimate details of his career in a memoir due for release in fall 2014, Viking Press said on Tuesday. Hancock, 71, has become a pioneering force in the jazz and blues music world, earning 14 Grammy awards and an Academy Award over his five-decade career, and seeing many of his songs become music staples. “There are few artists in any genre who have had a career as rich and influential as Mr. …

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Author Shriver looks at terrorism with droll humor

NEW YORK (Reuters) – International best-selling novelist Lionel Shriver’s latest book is released on Thursday, but it isn’t exactly new. She wrote it over 10 years ago. “The New Republic” follows Shriver’s best-selling works like “The Post-Birthday World” as well as “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” the 2011 movie starring Tilda Swinton for which she was nominated for a best actress Golden Globe. …

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Pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich dead at 82

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, a feminist literary figure celebrated as much for deeply personal reflections on her own life as for sometimes-biting social commentary, has died at age 82, family members said on Wednesday. Rich, who received a galaxy of honors, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and National Book Award, for a body of work that spanned seven decades and ranks among the most anthologized of the 20th century, died on Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, California, daughter-in-law Diana Horowitz said. …

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Barbara Walters wins defamation lawsuit

LOS ANGELES, March 28 (TheWrap.com) – Barbara Walters is off the hook for a lawsuit filed by a woman who once dated her adopted daughter. Judge George O’Toole of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that Nancy Shay’s defamation lawsuit had insufficient merit, ending a legal drama that began last year, when Shay filed the suit. Shay, who befriended Jacqueline Gruber, when the pair attended school together in the 1980s, sued Walters following the publication her 2008 memoir, “Audition.” “Jackie started to refuse to come home on weekends,” Walters’ book reads. …

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Amazon Kindle store buy buttons vanish for hours

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Maybe Lord Voldemort put a spell on Amazon.Com Inc. On the same day that Amazon started selling Harry Potter e-books in a landmark deal, buy buttons on the company’s dominant Kindle e-book store disappeared for several hours. Top-selling e-books, including The Hunger Games series and the Fifty Shades trilogy, instead had bigger green buttons saying “This title is not available for customers from: United States.” Several Amazon customers complained on Tuesday about the mysterious button disappearance on the company’s online Kindle forum. …

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