Campus Read selects book for 2010 - Arbiter Online
When choosing the book for the Campus Read at Boise State University, the Campus Read committee takes many things into consideration. It looks for a book with a message, one with which college students may identify and use to develop both personally

Comic hero Tintin nets $1.3 million in auction - The Guardian
PARIS (AP) — A life-size bronze statue of comic book reporter Tintin and more than 200 other items linked to the diminutive globetrotter have fetched more than €1 million ($1.3 million) at a Paris auction. The most expensive lot was two inked and water-painted original panels from the 1938 "King

Richard Burton told Elizabeth Taylor: I’ll kill - Thaindian.com
Extracts from the love letters will be published in Vanity Fair and are taken from a book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Taylor showed the letters to the authors Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger.

Guillermo del Toro Bows Out, But 'Hobbit' Movie Still Alive - HispanicBusiness.com
Wellington (dpa) - Oscar-winning New Zealand moviemaker Peter Jackson said the film of the JRR Tolkien book The Hobbit would still be made despite the departure of Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. Jackson, who directed the smash-hit trilogy The

Brooklyn Book Festival Releases Lineup 6/2 - Broadway World
On Wednesday, June 2, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will unveil some of the renowned national and international authors scheduled to participate in the fifth annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which will take place this fall, Sunday

Greenlaw's new book describes her experiences going - Kennebec Journal
she was included in Sebastian Junger as a captain, and she took it. That experience led to her much-publicized convictions for illegally fishing in Canadian waters in 2008, as well as a new book, "Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to