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Caligula: The Tyranny of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Douglas Jackson is a new Scottish writer who became a bit of a local sensation when he recently secured a six-figure deal with Transworld Publishers; a deal that includes his debut Caligula and a sequel titled Claudius. As the title suggests, the story of Caligula is set in [...]
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
3. A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre (Scribner)
4. The Pirate King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 2) by R.A. Salvatore, (Wizards Of The Coast)
5. Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers) by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. [...]
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World Without End by Ken Follett
A mysterious and deadly secret. A war that lasts 100 years. A book which goes on for over 1,200 pages. Follett’s latest medieval epic returns to Kingsbridge a couple of hundred years after The Pillars of the Earth told the story of the masons who built the town’s cathedral. Not [...]
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Fox 2000 has acquired rights to Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel The Forever War, and Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since he delivered back-to-back classics with Blade Runner and Alien, Variety reported.
Scott intended to follow those films with The Forever War, but rights [...]
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Topping the list: J.K. Rowling, who banked a jaw-dropping $300 million over the course of the year.
Once a single mother on welfare, Rowling can now claim best-selling billionaire status thanks to her Harry Potter franchise. The adventures of the teen magician and his Hogwarts classmates took the publishing world by storm in 1998, when Harry [...]
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