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Bob Dylan publisher sorry for $600 book's replica autographs

Bob Dylan publisher sorry for $600 book's replica autographs

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan's publisher is offering refunds for a $600 special edition of his new book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” acknowledging that the allegedly “hand-signed” copies were not individually inscribed.
New Orleans cocktail book shows city's elegant drink side

New Orleans cocktail book shows city's elegant drink side

If your idea of a New Orleans cocktail is a Kool-Aid colored, alcohol-heavy concoction served in a plastic hand grenade or a novelty glass resembling a hurricane lamp, stop thinking like a college freshman on his first trip to Bourbon Street and take

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Desert Star” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 2. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 3. “The Silmarillion” by J.R.R. Tolkien (William Morrow) 4. “No Plan B” by Child/Child (Delacorte) 5.
Tess Gunty, Imani Perry among National Book Awards winners

Tess Gunty, Imani Perry among National Book Awards winners

NEW YORK (AP) — Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch,” a sweeping debut novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, has won the National Book Award for fiction.
Review: 'The Last Campaign' straightforward but dramatic

Review: 'The Last Campaign' straightforward but dramatic

“The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America,” by H.W. Brands (Doubleday) Though they're mentioned in the subtitle, William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo often feel more like supporting players in H.W.

Sheila Heti wins $25,000 Governor General’s fiction prize for ‘Pure Colour’

TORONTO — Acclaimed writer Sheila Heti has won this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. She picked up the $25,000 prize for her novel “Pure Colour,” a strange and meditative book about love and grief in a pre-apocalyptic time.
'Did not end well': New Pence book details split with Trump

'Did not end well': New Pence book details split with Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan. 6 in a new memoir released Tuesday.

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Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher) 1. Desert Star by Michael Connelly - 9780316421461 - (Little, Brown and Company) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir

Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir

“Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions,” by Steve Martin with drawings by Harry Bliss (Celadon): Between the covers of this surprisingly thin memoir are truffles of humor from comedian Steve Martin’s movie career illustrat
Review: Nick Hornby has affable romp in 'Dickens and Prince'

Review: Nick Hornby has affable romp in 'Dickens and Prince'

“Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books) Nick Hornby has been writing about pop culture since the 1990s, most famously his obsessive love of soccer in 1992’s “Fever Pitch” and of music in “High Fidelity,” th