books and literature

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country's high school c...

MUNICH (AP) — An annotated edition of "Mein Kampf," the first version of Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto to be published in Germany since the end o...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of murdered journalist James Foley is writing a book about her son. Blue Rider Press announced Thursday that it had acquire...

NEW YORK (AP) — With some help from Roz Chast, Calvin Trillin is aiming his next jokes at a younger audience. The 80-year-old author, journalist and h...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson's name and face adorn the walls of dozens of schools in the U.S. and a medical school in Nigeria. Mayors have handed him ...

LONDON (AP) — Lindsay Mattick's great-grandfather was on his way to fight in World War I when he bought a bear cub he named Winnie, inspiring author A...

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis and "Captain Underpants" creator Dav Pilkey will be among the children's writers speaking at next ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster will publish a crowdsourced book on Taylor Swift that fans will help create. The publisher announced Sunday that it w...

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie is this year's recipient of the Mailer Prize for lifetime achievement. The author of "Midnight's Children," ''The Satan...

DALLAS (AP) — They are known as "Three Percenters," followers of a movement that has rallied against gun control efforts nationwide, patrolled the U.S...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, collected their award in Norway on Thursday, appeal...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Nominees for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, California, by the Hollywood Forei...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is working on a book about social media. Van Susteren has a deal with Simon & Schuster for a guide on...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some beloved creatures by children's' book author Eric Carle — including a certain hungry caterpillar — are headed to a New York stage...

NEW YORK (AP) — "'Twixt Cup and Lip," written soon after World War I and being published for the first time, is a one-act comedy in which a modern, fr...

NEW YORK (AP) — Twisted cat poetry only Charles Bukowski could have come up with and life lessons from "Little Miss Overshare" are among the holiday s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Kate Hudson is the latest actress with advice to share on health and wellness. Dey Street Books announced Tuesday that it is publishin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson says it's time to move on from questions about the accuracy of his life story. But Tuesday's Republican debate makes that...

DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush acknowledged he may have downplayed how much he sought advice from his father during his presidency, a s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Josh "The Fat Jew" Ostrovsky and his upright ponytail have leaped off his racy Instagram account onto the pages of a new book, "Money ...