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Sweet Valley High goes on a diet: The fluffy 1980s teen fiction series updates itself -- by making its heroines even skinnier.; Sarah Hepola Mar 28, 2008
Old times there are not forgotten: John Wilkes Booth, the South's romantic villain, refused to accept the triumph of Northern values. Some things never change.; By David Talbot Nov 19, 2004
"The Egyptologist" by Arthur Phillips: A romantic explorer searches for a Pharaoh's tomb, while a cynical detective searches for the truth about the explorer. In this delightfully old-fashioned tale, they're both completely misguided.; By Laura Miller Sep 2, 2004
"Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell: From 19th century seafaring yarn to nuclear-power muckraking to a cloned servant in the cyberpunk future, this dazzling series of interlocked narratives is one of the summer's biggest books.; By Laura Miller Sep 2, 2004
The secret history of American literature: Mark Twain, meet Ulysses S. Grant! Hart Crane, meet Charlie Chaplin! Rachel Cohen talks about the most intriguing encounters in U.S. history.; By Suzy Hansen Jun 3, 2004
"An End to Evil" by David Frum and Richard Perle: Undaunted by the Iraq debacle, uber-hawks David Frum and Richard Perle air their fevered wet dream of a national-security superstate that slaps down uppity Muslims, bombs North Korea, slices and dices civil liberties and scatters the Palestinians like birdseed.; By Gary Kamiya Jan 30, 2004
"The Spooky Art" by Norman Mailer: In a new volume of advice to young writers, the great man of American letters weighs his own legacy -- and finds it wanting.; By Aaron Hicklin Apr 14, 2003
"Facing the Wind" by Julie Salamon: The author of "The Devil's Candy" tells the true story of the ideal family man who suddenly plunged into homicidal madness.; By Andrew O'Hehir Apr 3, 2001
Maverick or monopolist?: Bertelsmann's deal with Napster proves once again that the media conglomerate is obsessed with being more than just a content company.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Nov 2, 2000
Tom Brokaw: The Greatest Generation; Non-Fiction | Random House, Inc Oct 5, 2000
E-book 'em!: AtRandom publisher Jonathan Karp is looking for literary revelation -- and mass readership -- from digital books.; By Janelle Brown Aug 8, 2000
The day Annie shot me: When a first-time author has his portrait taken by Annie Leibovitz, it changes his life -- at least while she's clicking the shutter.; By Brett Leveridge Apr 7, 2000
Ally McSqueal?: Nell and Cage: Crack team. Is she experienced? Bonnie Raitt spills all. Plus: The King and I -- Carter and Presley, together again.; By Amy Reiter Jan 11, 2000
Bestseller lists reach verdict on "Dutch": Edmund Morris' biography of Ronald Reagan ruled nonfiction -- barely.; By Craig Offman Oct 11, 1999
Biography as screenplay: Edmund Morris has conceived the life of Ronald Reagan as a movie. And it's a bomb.; By Charles Kaiser Oct 7, 1999
Fiction or nonfiction?: Editors ponder which bestseller list Edmund Morris' Reagan biography should go on.; By Craig Offman Oct 2, 1999
The mouse roars again: Did Disney deal spike an Eisner biography?: The mouse roars again: Did Disney deal spike an Eisner biography?; By Craig Offman Jun 2, 1999
The year in books: Dwight Garner reviews the events in book publishing in 1997; By Dwight Garner Dec 24, 1997
Publish and perish: Overqualified and underpaid, publishing industry workers labor for love -- or something other than money.; By Morgan Cast Oct 31, 1997
publish and perish: Overqualified and grotesquely underpaid, publishing industry serfs labor for love -- or something other than money.; By Morgan Cast Oct 31, 1997
Bookend: Dodging Pamela Anderson Lee autobiographies and "Soul Aerobics" workouts at BookExpo, the tastes-great-less-filling successor to the late, unlamented ABA convention.; By David Futrelle Jun 4, 1997

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