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Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers - October 18 2008

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)

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World Without End by Ken Follett - Review

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 World’s Best Paid Authors - Forbes.com

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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The Pillars of the Earth TV series optioned

Munich-based Tandem Productions has taken an option on the rights to produce The Pillars of the Earth as a television series, in conjunction with Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company, Scott Free Inc.
Sir Ridley Scott is an Academy Award-nominated film director and producer. His films include Alien, Blade Runner, Legend, Black Rain, Thelma & [...]

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