Thurmond's Daughter's Book Signing Crowded
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Knowing his own family history, Dwight Hanna identifies with Essie Mae Washington Williams, the daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond and the Thurmond family's black maid.
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J.K. Rowling, author of the very popular Harry Potter series, is backing the search for missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann. Rowling has asked her 65 publishers to distribute a poster of the missing girl to stores selling her final Harry Potter book...
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Madonna's daughter has written a story which is featured in a Christmas charity fund-raising book. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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A rare signed first edition Harry Potter book is expected to fetch up to Â£12,000 at auction.
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More than 200 people packed a Paris auction house for the sale of thousands of objects tracing the career of French screen siren Brigitte Bardot, whose 70th birthday coincided with the event.
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By STACI MATLOCK, PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRENDA DOLAN-HOBGOOD  On Sept.
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Former President Clinton's planned book on citizen activism, "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World," will come out Sept. 4 with a first printing of 750,000, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday.
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The capacity crowd was on its feet. The noise machines were in overdrive. There was a scene from "Predator" on the Jumbotron and Thunder Stix were slapping in quasi-unison throughout.
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TENS of thousands of books flew off the shelves last week when the Birmingham Mail linked up with Disney to offer a fabulous collection of encyclopaedias.
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One result of all the publicity from Doris Lessingâs Nobel Prize in Literature was that more than 100 people signed up to be the writerâs friend on MySpace.
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling begins an American book tour with a mass signing event in Los Angeles.
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More than 140 books were unveiled on  Monday as candidates for one of the world's richest literary  awards.
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US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld signs a copy of his book for Lt. Daryle D. Cardone while aboard the aircraft carrier the USS John F. Kennedy, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain.
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LANSING, Mich. -- Fruit and books are on the line for this weekend&#39;s Rose Bowl game. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm offered a collection of children&#39;s books donated by Washtenaw County-based Sleeping Bear Press.
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Bob Dylan's much anticipated autobiography is hitting US bookstores, offering a rare, first-hand insight into the reclusive singer's life, the genesis of his career and struggle with celebrity.
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By Sheryl Jean, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 24--Lynnea Snodgrass held something rarely seen in her hand this week: a paper airline ticket.
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Reader Winnie Abraham shares her picture with us.