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39 min ago | Wisconsin Gazette

Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting

The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions.

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Related Topix: Weather, New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh, Activism, The Future, US Politics, US News, Al Gore

2 hrs ago | Time

Corliss Reviews World War Z: An Epic Epidemic

They don't shamble in a malevolent sleepwalk, like the creatures in George Romero's Night of the Living Dead .

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Moneyball, Celebrities, Brad Pitt, Quantum of Solace

6 hrs ago | Orlando Weekly

"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road"

Willie Nelson means a lot of things to a lot of people, and his latest book Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die , a combination autobiography and road journal, is largely narrated by exactly those folks.

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Related Topix: Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson, Country

9 hrs ago | Christian Science Monitor

Apple e-mails are at the center of the DOJ e-book price-fixing trial

The late Steve Jobs and a series of mysterious emails dominated day nine of the Justice Department 's e-book price fixing trial , which wraps this week.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Steve Jobs

14 hrs ago | Cinema Blend News

Divergent's Veronica Roth Writing More Stories From Four's Perspective

First-person narration can often be the most intimate way for a reader to connect with the story's protagonist.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Vampire News, Entertainment, Stephenie Meyer, Authors

18 hrs ago | GalleyCat

Children's Book Rises on Self-Published Bestsellers List

Jocomo by Timothy Cohorst has climbed the Smashwords section of our Self Published Bestsellers List , the only children's book to ever crack our list.

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Related Topix: Smashwords, Fallen Too Far, New York

Mon Jun 17, 2013

International Business Times

Gideon Cross' Sexy, Romantic Tweets; Henry Cavill vs David Gandy in Fan-Posted Photos?

Gideon Cross has thousands of fans on Twitter, much like an average celebrity on the social networking site.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Social Software, Bared to You

Deadline

Amazon Orders Cop Drama Pilot Based On Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch Novels

EXCLUSIVE : Amazon Studios is moving quickly to expand its original slate. After focusing on comedies and kids programming in its first batch of 14 pilots, five of which - two comedies and 3 kids shows - were picked up to series three weeks ago , the company is already setting its sights on the next target - launching a drama series.

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Related Topix: The Black Echo

TheCelebrityCafe

'Walking Disaster' by Jamie McGuire

Walking Disaster is one of the highly anticipated novels of 2013. It is the latest novel from contemporary romance author Jamie McGuire.

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Related Topix: Beautiful Disaster

Creative Loafing Atlanta

Laura Moriarty reads from 'The Chaperone' tomorrow

Laura Moriarty's newest novel, The Chaperone , is the story about Cora Carlisle, who is tasked to chaperone fifteen-year old, silent film star Louise Brooks on a trip from Wichita, Kansas to New York City.

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Related Topix: The Chaperone, Wichita, KS

Radio Times

Emma Watson set to reunite with Harry Potter producer for Game of Thrones-style movie

Former Harry Potter star Emma Watson has reportedly signed up for another Warner Bros film that might just be the studio's answer to the end of JK Rowling's magical franchise.

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Related Topix: J.K. Rowling, Authors

Ricklibrarian

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Why was Susannah Cahalan, a promising, articulate reporter for the New York Post, suddenly rendered afraid, confused, awkward, lethargic, regressive, suspicious, and forgetful in 2009? Why did she sometimes explode in anger? Why did she lose her appetite and interest in almost everything? With test after test showing her to be normal and healthy, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Brain on Fire

BBC News

VIDEO: The graphic art of Harry Potter

Designers Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima met on the set of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets over a decade ago.

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Related Topix: Harry Potter

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Bangkok Post

Confessions of a chick ...

Sassy yet klutzy women with high-powered jobs and a love for Jimmy Choo _ this can pretty much sum up the protagonists in most, if not all, of Sophie Kinsella's books.

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Related Topix: I've Got Your Number, Wedding

Mashable

Steve Jobs Bio to be Released in Paperback on Sept. 10

The critically acclaimed and bestselling Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson will be released as a paperback on September 10 by Simon & Schuster, the publisher said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Steve Jobs, Simon & Schuster, Simon and Schuster, Publishing, Media, Apple, Startups

BroadwayWorld.com

Top Reads: a Song of Ice & Fire Series Reclaims Amazon's List, Week Ending 6/16

Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads! Dan Brown's latest 'Robert Langdon' novel, INFERNO, held onto the top spot of The New York Times' fiction best seller list, as well as its no.

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Related Topix: American Sniper

Back Stage

'Killing Kennedy'

Please use the dropdown to select your role. For more information on roles, see the "Seeking Talent" section on this page.

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Asheville Citizen-Times

Author explores the lives of children unlike their parents

Andrew Solomon is coming to Asheville today for Autism Pride Week to talk about his book, "Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity" -- which one can already say is a landmark work in world culture.

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Related Topix: Far from the Tree

Examiner.com

The mind, neuroscience and the beginning of life

Tomorrow at noon, if you are a C-SPAN BookTV watcher, be sure to catch a rebroadcast of Afterwords with Sally Satel, "Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience ," hosted by Dan Vergano, USA Today Science Reporter.

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Related Topix: How to Create a Mind, Abortion

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Independent

Max Irons: 'Work with my father? That's worst my nightmare'

The actor-son of Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack knows the pressure of having famous parents.

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Related Topix: The Host, Max Irons, Comedy Movies, Dad, Drama Movies, Sinead Cusack, Vampire News, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Entertainment, Twilight