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The Missing Pages in Palins Book

The Missing Pages in Palin's Book

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The Alaska governor's new memoir will have no index, robbing D.C. insiders of their favorite game: seeing their names in print. Samuel P. Jacobs on the death of the "Washington Read."

11:08 PM | Nov 12, 2009
Nobel Prize Literature

Herta Mueller Like many of the Nobel Laureates, Herta Müller is known for writing with a political bent. The 12th woman to win the prize, Müll...

7:41 PM | Oct 6, 2009
Booker Awards

As the critics and bookies all predicted, this year's winner was the heavily favored Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, author of 12 acclaimed books. She ...

5:00 PM | Oct 5, 2009
James Ellroy Book Bag

by Don DeLillo 480 Pages Penguin $15 "The metaphysical treatise on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, largely seen through the eyes of the ...

8:25 PM | Sep 21, 2009
Obamas Book List Gaffe

Obama's Book List Gaffe

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The White House released the president's vacation reading list-including a Tom Friedman book he already read a year ago. What to make of this strange annual presidential ritual?

7:35 PM | Aug 24, 2009
The Barack Obama Book Club

The Barack Obama Book Club

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Want to read like a president? The Daily Beast pulled together every book that the Reader in Chief has been spotted with since the campaign. Find out what's on his night table.

6:10 PM | Aug 8, 2009
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