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The Casual Vacancy: J.K. Rowling's First Novel for Adults to Be 'Blackly Comic'

By UCN on April 12, 2012 10:23 AM

She may not be able to match the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter series, but J.K. Rowling has high hopes for "The Casual Vacancy," her first novel for adults. The title was announced Thursday by Little, Brown & Co. along with a brief plot synopsis for the book.

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Former St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa Lands Book Deal

By UCN on March 19, 2012 3:29 PM

In a Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 file photo, former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa pauses while signing autographs for fans during the baseball team's annual Winter Warmup, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Retired St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is ready to look back on his amazing career.

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Pattie Mallette, Justin Bieber's Mother, to Write Memoir

By UCN on March 7, 2012 4:31 AM

Justin Bieber's mom is telling her story.

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Zondervan Hopes to Publish First Jeremy Lin Biography with "Linspired"

By UCN on February 25, 2012 11:56 AM

Linspired, written by Mike Yorkey, will include in-depth interviews with the player behind "Linsanity"

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Justin Bieber to Release Second Book 'Just Getting Started' In September

By UCN on February 22, 2012 8:46 AM

HarperCollins is set to release an "official photographic book" authored by the multiplatinum-selling pop sensation in September.

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Laura Story Pens First Book, Due Out March 13

By UCN on February 7, 2012 2:21 PM

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What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops?, the first book by Dove Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated worship leader Laura Story, will release March 13 by Freeman-Smith, a division of Worthy Publishing. The 30-day devotional is based on Story's #1 song, "Blessings," nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song.

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Christopher Hitchens' Last Book, Mortality, Pushed Back to September

By UCN on January 19, 2012 4:24 PM

Publication of Christopher Hitchens' last book Mortality, originally scheduled for April, has been put back to the autumn. The title, a collection of essays on death first published in Vanity Fair, will now appear in September.

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Brad Stone to Write Book about Amazon.com

By UCN on December 6, 2011 6:33 PM

Amazon.com, the country's largest online bookseller, will itself be the subject of a book coming out in 2013.

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