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Dan Brown Returns to Europe for 'Inferno'

Associated Press | May 17, 2013

NEW YORK - Dan Brown sees the world a little differently than the average person. "I wish I could travel for pleasure," says the author of such scenic blockbusters as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons," in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe. "Everything I see is a potential idea and I wish I could turn that off. Maybe I shouldn't. But, yes, every little work of art that I see or place that I travel to is a potential idea." Brown, 48, spoke recently at the midtown Manhattan offices of Random House Inc., where he jokingly imagines setting a novel called "Random Cip... more

Snowe Presses for Bipartisanship in New Book

Associated Press | May 14, 2013

PORTLAND, Maine - U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog. Inside, Snowe writes in a new book, she delivered sad news to the president, whom she described as gracious. The Maine Republican couldn't support Obama's health care overhaul because her ideas, solicited in more than a dozen calls and eight face-to-face meetings, were left out of the final bill. Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid... more

Book Review: 'A Delicate Truth' by John le Carre

| May 08, 2013

"A Delicate Truth" by John le Carre; Viking (320 pages, $28.95) ___ John le Carre has been churning out spy novels for more than 50 years. His latest, the characteristically clever "A Delicate Truth," suggests that in an era of stateless terrorists, politically powerful defense contractors and war by remote control, his job is more complicated than ever. Take his depiction of Toby Bell and Giles Oakley, a pair of sneaky sorts who happen to be among the book's key figures. "Are Toby and Giles spies?" le Carre asks. The reader would be forgiven for thinking so. After all, Bell and Oakley conduct top-secret meetings, cling to nuggets of ... more

Book Review: 'By Some Miracle' by Tom Sizemore

Associated Press | May 01, 2013

"By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There," (Atria Books), by Tom Sizemore, with Anna David The cover photo of Tom Sizemore's autobiography, "By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There," is a perfect introduction for what's to come. The 51-year-old actor stands looking up at the camera, instantly recognizable because of his work portraying tough-guy characters in such memorable 1990s films as "Saving Private Ryan," "Heat" and "Natural Born Killers." His face, though, looks worn, and his eyes are those of a man who's been to hell and back. And that's exactly what his book details - Sizemore's ascent to the height of cinema, working for the St... more

Kansas Judge Blocks Use of 'In Cold Blood' Files

Associated Press | Apr 24, 2013

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday that investigation materials pertaining to the 1959 "In Cold Blood" murders that a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent kept at home may not be auctioned off or publicly revealed until he's had a chance to review them. Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks said the state could face "irreparable harm" if the materials found in Harold Nye's home became public. The materials include Nye's personal journals, copies of records and other materials about the investigation that inspired the Truman Capote classic. Crime scene photos in his possession were returned to the state last year by his son,... more

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