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The 'Truth' about Austen

Jane Austen -- born a year before the American Revolution -- remains a hot literary property. A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on...
USA TODAY, 11/19/09 by Deirdre Donahue · More from publication
BOOK BUZZ

King Stephen: His new tome might be called Under the Dome, but Stephen King -- possibly the world's No. 1 threat to the global paper supply -- is...
USA TODAY, 11/19/09 by Deirdre Donahue, Craig Wilson, Bob Minzesheimer · More from publication
Four women of great influence

A quartet of new biographies explores the lives of four very different women: self-sacrificing New Englander Louisa May Alcott; imperious Madame...
USA TODAY, 11/19/09 by Deirdre Donahue · More from publication
BOOK BUZZ

'Precious' gets a push: It was first published in 1996 with the title Push. On Friday, the writer Sapphire's story of an illiterate, pregnant...
USA TODAY, 11/05/09 by Deirdre Donahue, Carol Memmott, Bob Minzesheimer · More from publication
'The Battle for Normandy' storms the beaches anew

British historian Antony Beevor's 1998 Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege sold more than 1 million copies. If there's any justice in publishing today,...
USA TODAY, 11/05/09 by Deirdre Donahue · More from publication
Self-help

Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire -- By Mireille Guiliano -- Atria, 260 pp., $24.99 -- Mireille Guiliano, the high priestess of French...
USA TODAY, 11/05/09 by Deirdre Donahue · More from publication

A valiant effort from Grisham

Give the king of the legal thriller credit for expanding his literary range. Today, Ford County, John Grisham's first collection of short stories,...
USA TODAY, 11/03/09 by Deirdre Donahue · More from publication
Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' saga comes full circle

When Robert Jordan -- the most popular fantasy writer since Tolkien -- died two years ago at age 58, he left behind his "Wheel of Time" saga,...
USA TODAY, 10/29/09 by Deirdre Donahue · More from publication
Book Buzz

Newt's revolt: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has long been a history buff. It's paying off. His newest novel, To Try Men's Souls: A Novel of...
USA TODAY, 10/29/09 by Craig Wilson, Deirdre Donahue and Bob Minzesheimer · More from publication
BOOK BUZZ

He's no wimp: Mild-mannered Jeff Kinney, author of the kids' series Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is becoming a literary giant killer. Kinney's fourth...
USA TODAY, 10/22/09 by Bob Minzesheimer, Craig Wilson, Deirdre Donahue · More from publication

The 'Truth' about Austen