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President Obama’s half brother Mark Ndesandjo writes a book

President Obama’s half brother Mark Ndesandjo writes a book

November 5th, 2009 - 2:49 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Guangzhou, Nov 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) President Barack Obama's half brother Mark Ndesandjo has penned a new novel called "Nairobi to Shenzhen". It is about domestic violence and is based on his ...

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Mark Ndesandjo Unveils New Novel, Speaks Of Abusive Father

Mark Ndesandjo Unveils New Novel, Speaks Of Abusive Father

November 4th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by GD -
By Madhuri Dey Nov. 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mark Ndesandjo, the half brother of Barack Obama, has lunched a new novel in which he speaks about his abusive father. This is the first time ...

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Garth Brooks shows a sell-out

October 26th, 2009 - 6:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Las Vegas, Oct 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Show Tickets for Garth Brooks' first 20 shows at the Wynn Las Vegas resort sold out in less than five hours, since the bookings opened. The ...

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Andrew Ross Sorkins’ “Too Big To Fail” Is Set For Success

Andrew Ross Sorkins’ “Too Big To Fail” Is Set For Success

October 20th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by GD -
By Madhuri Dey Oct. 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Andrew Ross Sorkins, the assistant editor of financial news, New York Times, is ready with his first book, titled "Too Big To Fail: How Wall ...

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A gender bender in the worship of Goddess Lakshmi

October 17th, 2009 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The rites of invoking Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu whom millions worship on Diwali, is also mired in several "gender loopholes", says writer-researcher R. Mahalakshmi, a ...

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Sullenberger’s book about US Airways Flight 1549 which landed in Hudson

October 14th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Danville, Oct 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Chesley Sullenberger is the heroic pilot who landed the US Airways Flight 1549 on the river Hudson after a bird strike blew out both the engines. His ...

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Richard Castle Unveils New Novel Heat Waves

Richard Castle Unveils New Novel Heat Waves

October 13th, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by GD -
By Meena Kar, October 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A best selling author of New York Times, Richard Castle has unveiled his new book, titled "Heat Wave". Readers can get their copy of the ...

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Mumbai scribe wins Gujarati literary award

October 10th, 2009 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) Senior Gujarati journalist Hiren Mehta Saturday bagged the Lalit Essay Award 2008 of the Maharashtra Rajya Gujarati Sahitya Akademi, an official said. Akademi president Hemraj Shah said that Mehta, ...

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Amazon’s Kindle to be launched in India on October 19th

Amazon’s Kindle to be launched in India on October 19th

October 8th, 2009 - 5:27 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Beacon Hill, Oct 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Book-lovers in India can rejoice and book-lovers who love technology as well are already over the moon, as Amazon’s Kindle is going to be launched ...

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Amazon.com Introduces Kindle Globally, Cuts US Prices

Amazon.com Introduces Kindle Globally, Cuts US Prices

October 7th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by GD -
By Madhuri Dey Oct 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Amazon.com unveiled of its Kindle electronic reader on Tuesday that will enable the users of as many as 100 countries all over the world to download ...

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Countdown to Literature Nobel: Amos Oz? Mahasweta Devi? Odds are…

October 7th, 2009 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS -
By Ashish Mehta New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Bookies are betting heavily on Israeli author Amos Oz to win the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced Thursday, though odds are accepted ...

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Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography still a bestseller

Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography still a bestseller

October 1st, 2009 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS -
By Shweta Srinivasan New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) It has been 140 years since the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. And his autobiography continues to be a bestseller with annual sales of 200,000 ...

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Palin memoir called “Going Rogue” due in November

Palin memoir called “Going Rogue” due in November

September 29th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
New York, Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Republican vice presidential candidate and Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has already finished writing her memoir, which she has titled "Going Rogue: An American Life”, ...

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‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ and 25 years of popularity

September 26th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Sep 26 (IANS) Gabriel Garcia Márquez's seminal novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has topped the list of books that have most shaped world literature over the last 25 years, according ...

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Dan Brown’s latest book and Amazon’s Kindle create magic

Dan Brown’s latest book and Amazon’s Kindle create magic

September 21st, 2009 - 4:20 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Seattle, Sep 20 (THAINDIAN News) Dan Brown doesn’t need an introduction and the same case is with Amazon’s great product the Kindle. And when both come together, then of course, nothing ...

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Amazon’s new venture in Electronics apart from its USP Kindle

Amazon’s new venture in Electronics apart from its USP Kindle

September 21st, 2009 - 3:48 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Seattle, Sep 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Merchandise Retailers rejoice and middle-men beware! Amazon has designs on you! Amazon already has a line of products that includes patio furniture to chopping blocks which was ...

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Jacquelyn Mitchard Comes Out With The Sequel To “Deep End Of The Ocean”

Jacquelyn Mitchard Comes Out With The Sequel To “Deep End Of The Ocean”

September 20th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by GD -
By Gina Gomez Los Angeles, California, Sep 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jacquelyn Mitchard struck gold with her first novel and had become an instant favorite with the book reading multitudes after her "The ...

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Eminent litterateur Meenakshi Mukherjee dead

September 16th, 2009 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, Sep 16 (IANS) Eminent litterateur and Sahitya Akademi winner Meenakshi Mukherjee died here Wednesday. She was 72. Mukherjee, a professor at the University of Hyderabad, fainted and collapsed at the ...

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Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” Released Today

Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” Released Today

September 16th, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by GD -
By Madhuri Dey Dan Brown's long awaited novel "The Lost Symbol" which is being released today- Brown's first novel since "The Da Vinci Code" in 2003, is set to run havoc at the ...

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Dr. Andrew Weil’s New Book

Dr. Andrew Weil’s New Book

September 11th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by GD -
"Why Our Health Matters" is the new book written Dr. Andrew Weil. In today's time healthcare is one of the biggest concerns the world over, with even the US President Barak ...

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Dominick Dunne dead at 83

Dominick Dunne dead at 83

August 27th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by BNO News -
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Dominick Dunne, the best-selling author and investigative journalist for Vanity Fair, has died in Manhattan, his publisher said on Wednesday. He was 83. His son, Griffin, ...

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David Foster Wallace: Revisiting The Master

David Foster Wallace: Revisiting The Master

August 14th, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by GD -
The late novelist David Foster Wallace committed suicide on September 12th 2008 at his home in Claremont California. It's hard to fathom that this incredible author has left us almost one year ...

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Nancy Grace set for debut novel

August 12th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IBNS -
Aug 12 (IBNS) Does Nancy Grace's debut novel "The Eleventh Victim" portray the main character based on Grace? No, there are some differences, according to her. The heroine of the novel becomes an ...

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Author E. Lynn Harris Passes Away

Author E. Lynn Harris Passes Away

July 26th, 2009 - 6:47 pm ICT by GD -
The publicist of author E. Lynn Harris has told The Associated Press on Friday that the best selling author of such novels as "I Say a Little Prayer" has passed away recently. ...

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Dead black gay author E. Lynn Harris’ best selling books

Dead black gay author E. Lynn Harris’ best selling books

July 25th, 2009 - 2:46 am ICT by John Le Fevre -
E. Lynn Harris, an openly gay, black, book author is reported to have been found dead in a West Coast hotel room while on a promotional tour for his 11th best-seller, ...

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“Mercury in Retrograde” Paula Froelich’s debut novel

June 6th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by GD -
2nd of June, 2009, marked the release of Paula Froelich's first novel, "Mercury in Retrograde" Page Six editor's debut novel tells the tale of three New-York or Yorky women, who have very ...

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Mokele-Mbembe: fact or imagination?

June 5th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by GD -
The idea of the existence of dinosaurs has always been providing food for thought. The giant creatures that are said to have walked the earth in the past have captured the imaginations ...

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Taysha Valez: the young billionaire

Taysha Valez: the young billionaire

May 27th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD -
Taysha Valez is the author of "Young Black Millionairess: How To Start a Million Dollar Business", the owner of H. Couture Beauty LLC and at 27, is a self made billionaire. ...

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Reynold Price revisits his youth in a steaming new memoir

May 26th, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by GD -
Reynold Price, the 76 year old writer, has come up with his third memoir, titled "Ardent Spirits". At present Price is bodily restricted to a wheel chair, the result of an accident ...

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Spy Novel The Increment probes the conflict between fact and fiction

May 19th, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by GD -
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' seventh novel The Increment is on the stands now. Ignatius' interests continues to be the conflict between fact and fiction, as he himself says, and that largely ...

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