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Harry Potter book with author notes sold for $228K
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For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world. Comment?
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Obama honors Carole King at White House concert
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President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Comment?
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'S Online Book Club May 2013 Selection "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us"
Michael Moss, author of "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us ", sat down with Book TV at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books to BookTV's Online Book Club is reading Michael Moss' "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us" this month and discussing at #BTVBookClub and www.facebook.com/booktv on Tuesday, May 28 @ 9pm ET. Comment?
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Potter book with author notes sells for US$228,000
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For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world. Comment?
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Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert
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At an East Room concert Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old singer-songwriter with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Comment?
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An annotated edition of HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE has become the most expensive J.K. ROWLING book ever sold after raising $227,421 at auction. Comment?
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Harry Potter First Edition Mak...
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A one-of-a-kind copy of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, personally annotated by author JK Rowling, has sold for A 150,000 at auction. Comment?
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Winfrey, Beyonce, Jolie among world's 100 most powerful women
Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce and Angeline Jolie have been named among the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world, in a new Forbes magazine poll. Comment?
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 and 2
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... were able to keep them and the rest of the all-star cast together until the final film in 2011. While the first six books were adapted to the big screen in single installments, the seventh was split into two films for a couple of reasons: first and ... Comment?
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In between all the political brush fires that have engulfed the White House in recent days, President Obama and wife Michelle Obama have still managed time for vacation planning. Comment?
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The Host - Movie Review
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While the premise of this sci-fi thriller feels like yet another of Stephenie Meyer's two-boys-one-girl fantasies, a superior writer-director and cast make this is a stronger film than Twilight. Comment?
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Carol Burnett will receive the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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Carol Burnett has been chosen to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor for this year. Comment?
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J.K. Rowling's 'Potter' first edition raises $228,000 for charity
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... the author, sold for $228,000 yesterday at Sotheby's in London. The book was being sold along with other first-edition books which had been annotated by their authors to benefit English PEN, an organization which supports writers whose ability to ... Comment?
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Never-before-seen Pearl S. Buck novel will be released this fall
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A never-before-published book by writer Pearl S. Buck will be released after being discovered in a storage unit. Comment?
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Amazon's Kindle Worlds will allow writers to sell fan fiction
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... , we're not only inventing on the hardware and software side of the business, we're inventing new ways to create books," said Philip Patrick, Director, Business Development and Publisher of Kindle Worlds, in a statement. "Our goal with Kindle Worlds ... Comment?
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TONIGHT: Obama WH Party with Celebs
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Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House. Comment?
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Jesse Walker on Dan Brown's Inferno
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... brand names into his prose. Brown's been around long enough by now that we should know better than to enter his books expecting graceful language or a reliable guide to the world; we might as well move on to asking if there's anything his new effort ... Comment?
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Bisexual Book Award finalists are announced today
... except the Bi Writer Award, which goes to the best bi author of the year, from all the categories combined. Books were nominated by the Bi Writers Association and allowed to be nominated to any category they fit. No limits were set on number of ... Comment?
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Angela Merkel is Forbes' top woman again
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Forbes has now ranked German chancellor Angela Merkel as the most powerful woman in the world seven times. Comment?
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Why is there so much salt in processed foods?
The Institute of Medicine concluded last week that there is no reason for people to keep their sodium consumption below 1,500 milligrams per day, as had been previously recommended for most adults. Comment?
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