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Children’s book on Korean history published in English

“Letters from Korean History” is an English-language series of books written for primary to high school students who are interested in learning about Korean history, according to its publisher Cum Li...

May 11, 2016
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Matt Haig offers people with depression ‘Reasons to Stay Alive’

“Reasons to Stay Alive” By Matt Haig Penguin (272 pages, $15) Matt Haig suffered months of depression and anxiety so crippling that he stood on the edge of a cliff, trying to summon the wherewi...

May 11, 2016
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‘The Girl from Home’ is a solid economic thriller

“The Girl from Home” By Adam Mitzner Gallery (336 pages, $26) The recent economic downturn -- and financial scandals -- have also ushered in a new wave of economic thrillers in which hedge fund...

May 11, 2016
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Africa's contradictions encountered in a 9-month walk along the Nile

“Walking the Nile” By Levison Wood Atlantic Monthly Press (338 pages, $26) In becoming the first person to walk the Nile River’s length of more than 6,500 kilometers, explorer and ex-British so...

May 11, 2016
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‘Paul McCartney: The Life’ offers thorough account of ex-Beatle

“Paul McCartney: The Life” By Philip Norman Little, Brown (853 pages, $32) Behind the double thumbs-up, impish smile and round, half-moon eyes lies a Paul McCartney more complex than public per...

May 11, 2016
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New digital imprint features works by Heller, Bradbury

NEW YORK (AP) -- Little known short stories by Tennessee Williams, Joseph Heller and Ray Bradbury are among the works being offered through a new digital imprint. Mulholland Books announced Tuesday...

May 11, 2016
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Indie bookstores rise for seventh straight year

NEW YORK (AP) -- Independent bookselling remains on a roll. The American Booksellers Association has grown for the seventh consecutive year, the trade group’s CEO, Oren Teicher, told the Associated...

May 10, 2016
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Korean novelists to visit London

Korean novelists Cheon Myeong-gwan and Han Yu-joo will be discussing Korean society and literature in London from May 10-13. The two writers will be participating in an event celebrating the spring...

May 9, 2016
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Spanish novel, Portuguese poems win translation awards

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Spanish-language novel and a collection of Portuguese poetry have won prizes for best translated literature. Yuri Herrera’s “Signs Preceding the End of the World,” translated fro...

May 5, 2016
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Don DeLillo’s new novel considers life after death

“Zero K” By Don DeLillo Scribner (288 pages, $26) Don DeLillo’s latest novel toggles between a remote compound in central Asia and the workaday world of New York City. In the bunker an apocalyp...

May 4, 2016
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Fiction by ex-prosecutor tackles campus rape head on

“The Last Good Girl” By Allison Leotta Touchstone (288 pages, $25) Former federal sex-crimes prosecutor Allison Leotta continues her series featuring her fictional counterpart Anna Curtis in a ...

May 4, 2016
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New Spenser novel is a 5-alarm thriller

“Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn” By Ace Atkins G.P. Putnam’s Sons (320 pages, $270) A troubling series of fires in mostly abandoned Boston buildings turns deadly in “Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn,...

May 4, 2016
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Judy Blume talks Tumblr, possible new book

NEW YORK (AP) -- Judy Blume has many projects on her mind. She recently helped open a bookstore in Key West, Florida, where she lives much of the year. She’s starting to promote the paperback editi...

May 4, 2016
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Undeterred by rescues, novelist ready to set sail again

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A novelist who was twice rescued from storm-battered sailboats hopes his next adventure lacks in such drama. South Carolina author Michael Hurley plans to sail around the w...

May 4, 2016
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Proust’s personal archives headed to auction in Paris

PARIS (AFP) -- Intimate letters, personal photographs and rare manuscripts that once belonged to French writer Marcel Proust will go under the hammer in Paris, Sotheby’s auction house said Monday. ...

May 3, 2016
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