Sep 06 2006: Random House, publisher of James Frey's memoir A Million Little Pieces, is close to agreeing the terms of a settlement pertaining to 10 (of the 12) class action lawsuits that claim fraud and other allegations relating to the book - stemming from Frey's admission ...
Sep 06 2006: A Berlin newspaper, the Berliner Zeitung, recently reported that author Günter Grass has admitted to serving in the Waffen-SS - the military branch most allied with Nazi ideology. In itself, that is not a crime as Grass was drafted to the Waffen-SS at the ...
Sep 06 2006: Last week, Barnes & Noble disclosed in an SEC filing that it has received a subpoena from the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York seeking documents related to the way the company issued stock options, and in July the company announced that the SEC ...
Sep 06 2006: David Gemmell, a popular UK fantasy, and sometimes historical fiction, writer died in late July at the age of 57. During a prolific career he published some stand-alone novels and many others in five series (the Drenai series, Rigante series, ...
Sep 06 2006: This year, Everyman's Library celebrates 100 years "of publishing the most extensive and distinguished library of books of our time." Each book in the library is designed to be of collectable quality using acid-free, cloth cases, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon ...
Sep 06 2006: Lifetime TV's version of The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd will air on September 9, 10, 11th.
Aug 17 2006: After Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic tirade made international headlines a few weeks ago, the fate of an ABC Holocaust miniseries that Gibson was, ironically due to headline is in the balance. The current news is that the miniseries will go ahead as planned, but ...
Aug 17 2006: Mary Higgins Clark is joining the list of adult authors trying their hand at writing for children. In April next year she'll publish her first picture book, Ghost Ship: A Cape Cod Story, which will be illustrated by Wendell Minor, who created the jacket art ...
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
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