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- US publishers cancel book on Prophet Mohammed's wife
- NEW YORK AFP — A US publisher has cancelled the publication of a novel about the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed amid a growing controversy over the book. "The Jewel of Medina," a debut novel by journalist Sherry Jones about Mohammed's child bride A'isha had been due...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- 2006: best, notable, & recommended.
- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WERE COMPILED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN AND FOR YOUNG ADULTS BY THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION YALSA, DIVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS YOUNGER READERS Amanda...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- 'The Da Vinci Code' author Brown shocked at plagiarism allegations
- LONDON AFP — Best-selling author Dan Brown broke his silence when he dismissed as "completely fanciful" claims that he stole ideas for his blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code". Taking the stand at England's High Court in London, Brown was defending his publisher Random House against allegations that his 2003...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- Swastika on new Philip Roth novel raises storm in Germany
- FRANKFURT AFP — International publisher Random House has found itself forced to release a separate cover for US star author Philip Roth's new novel, "The Plot Against America," for the German market due to its use of a Nazi swastika, the company said. "When the designer, Milton Glaser, came...
- Research articles 2004-10-08
- Parking Ticket.(TEPPER ISN'T GOING OUT: A NOVEL.) (book review)
- TEPPER ISN'T GOING OUT: A NOVEL. By Calvin Trillin. Random House. 215 pp. $22.95. Murray Tepper, the star of Nation "Deadline Poet" Calvin Trillin's new novel, drives a dark blue Chevy Malibu. Rather, he parks it--in coveted spots all over Manhattan--at nightfall to...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists Announced; 21st Annual Literary Awards to Be Presented April 28 at UCLA's Royce Hall
- Lifestyle & Book Editors Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2001 LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--April 11, 2001 The 10 winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize will be announced Saturday, April 28, at a public ceremony beginning at 7:30 p.m. at UCLA's Royce Hall. This year,...
- Research articles 2001-04-11
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists Announced; 21st Annual Literary Awards to be Presented April 28
- Lifestyle & Book Editors Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2001 LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--March 5, 2001 The Los Angeles Times announced the finalists for the 21st annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, which will be awarded at a public ceremony to be held April 28 at UCLA's...
- Research articles 2001-03-05
- DAVID EBERSHOFF, 31;Publishing director, Modern Library.(Brief Article)
- David Ebershoff has what most writers only dream about: a big-time New York literary agent, a novel coming out in February, and a hefty $350,000 advance tucked safely in the bank. But the Pasadena, Calif.-born Mr. Ebershoff is not about to let it change...
- Research articles 2000-01-31
- New Novel Entitled BEHIND THE MASK Featuring Hannibal Lecter by Thomas Harris author of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS to be Published by Random House in Autumn 2005.
- LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr Hannibal Lecter, physician, monster, man of many parts, will return in Behind the Mask, a novel by Thomas Harris to be published in the UK by William Heinemann. Richard Cable, Managing Director of the Random ...
- Research articles 2004-10-28
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- British publisher to bring out controversial Prophet Mohammed novel
- LONDON AFP — A novel about the Prophet Mohammed and his child bride, which has already caused controversy in the United States and Serbia, will be released in Britain next month, its publisher said Wednesday. Publishing house Gibson Square, known for having sold other controversial books, such as Alexander...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Rosenfeld, Stephanie. Massachusetts, California, Timbuktu, a novel
- ROSENFELD, Stephanie. Massachusetts, California, Timbuktu, a novel. Random House, Ballantine. 403p. c2003.0-345-44826X. $14.95. SA Twelve-year-old Justine and her younger sister Rona are uprooted and taken across the country by their mother Colleen in this poignant tale of growing up too soon. After a break-up with yet another deadbeat boyfriend,...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- BOOKCASE : Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American
- * Lou Dubose & Jake Bernstein * Pimlico Random House * $44.99 I was halfway through Imperium, the new novel by Robert Harris, when Vice arrived with instructions to have a 400-word review of it in the editor's inbox within four days. "Sorry about the...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Sex, drugs—and more sex and drugs: the new Adolescent Society
- I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe. Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2004, $28.95; 688 pages. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. Random House, 2005, $21.95; 406 pages. Many years ago, it was generally acknowledged that sociology had replaced the novel as a social microscope for examining contemporary...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Fathers And Sons: Neil Gordon's psychological thriller uses the
- Sandee Brawarsky The Jewish Week 07-28-1995 Fathers And Sons: Neil Gordon's psychological thriller uses the. biblical family drama to draw readers into issues of contemporary Jewish angst. SANDEE BRAWARSKY Jewish Week Book Critic The publication of "Sacrifice of...
- Research articles 1995-07-28
- 'American Wife' author: No, that's not Mrs. Bush
- LOS ANGELES -- Laura Bush says she has thought about writing a memoir when she leaves the White House. Until then, one of the hot new books of the fall will take us inside the first lady's mind -- through fiction. The...
- Research articles 2008-06-02
- Laura Bush is the fictional 'American Wife'
- American Wife By Curtis Sittenfeld Random House, 555 pp., $26 In American Wife, a novel loosely inspired by the life of Laura Bush, Curtis Sittenfeld boldly imagines the inner life of a first lady. ...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Hero sets forth for the love of the Irish
- Tipperary: A Novel By Frank Delaney Random House; 445 pp., $26.95 --- A narrator's admonition will make readers with Irish blood in their veins smile in recognition. "Be careful about me," he warns. ...
- Research articles 2007-11-27
- Focus phones in 'Reservation'.(In the News: A LOOK AT THE WEEK IN ENTERTAINMENT)(Brief article)
- Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo will play fathers on opposite sides of a hit-and-run in Focus Features' "Reservation Road." Terry George will direct the pic, adapted from John Burnham Schwartz's novel. Project is the first under Focus' partnership with publisher Random House.
- Research articles 2006-08-21
- Monster deal for Mouse, Bruckheimer.(Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Ahmet Zappa, 'Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless')
- Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have paid $1.5 million for film rights to the unpublished novel "Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless," by first-time writer Ahmet Zappa. Story concerns a young brother and sister who learn their family is ...
- Research articles 2005-10-19
- In the news
- Gritty thriller writer Sheila Quigley is set to storm the best-sellers list after signing a second two-book deal with Random House. The 57-year-old grandmother, from Houghton-le-Spring, will publish her second novel in April. As a grandmother of eight, you are not the likeliest candidate for a gory crime writer....
- Research articles 2005-01-25
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