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Mark Adamo's "The Gospel of Mary Magdalene ," with the luminous Sasha Cooke in the title role, commissioned by San Francisco Opera , had its world premiere tonight.

Its being reported today that both NY Times Best Selling Thriller writer Vince Flynn and actor James Gandolfini died today.

The Romantic heart of a hero beats even stronger in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , a sorcerous sequel that offers darker evils and greater heroics than the original.

In order to participate in First to Read, readers must sign up for the program using either their Facebook accounts or by providing their street and e-mail addresses.

Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate cancer, according to friends and his publisher.

Andrew Losowsky of The Huffington Post reports for NY1 on newly released book titles and the world of publishing in "The Book Reader."

When you open a fashion magazine, you generally expect to see models wearing the newest designer clothing, photographed while standing in a meadow or striding down a city street.

Cape teachers Mary Garvert, left, and Eileen Springfield, the HeLa Cell-abration organizers, flank students who were asked to share their presentations.

Entwined with You , the third book in Sylvia Day's Crossfire series, which includes #1 international bestseller Bared to You and #1 New York Times bestseller Reflected in You , sold over 550,000 copies in its first week on sale.

Also, @JimGaffigan is guest The #ColbertReport will be dark again tonight, airing a rerun with @fakedansavage .

Eight mayoral candidates appeared at the Seattle Public Library yesterday to read from their favorite books.

The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions.

They don't shamble in a malevolent sleepwalk, like the creatures in George Romero's Night of the Living Dead .

Willie Nelson means a lot of things to a lot of people, and his latest book Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die , a combination autobiography and road journal, is largely narrated by exactly those folks.

The late Steve Jobs and a series of mysterious emails dominated day nine of the Justice Department 's e-book price fixing trial , which wraps this week.

First-person narration can often be the most intimate way for a reader to connect with the story's protagonist.

Jocomo by Timothy Cohorst has climbed the Smashwords section of our Self Published Bestsellers List , the only children's book to ever crack our list.

Gideon Cross has thousands of fans on Twitter, much like an average celebrity on the social networking site.

EXCLUSIVE : Amazon Studios is moving quickly to expand its original slate. After focusing on comedies and kids programming in its first batch of 14 pilots, five of which - two comedies and 3 kids shows - were picked up to series three weeks ago , the company is already setting its sights on the next target - launching a drama series.

Walking Disaster is one of the highly anticipated novels of 2013. It is the latest novel from contemporary romance author Jamie McGuire.