The Malaysian Insider :: Books

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Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:42 AM PDT

First printed book in America to be auctioned

NEW YORK, April 14 — A translation of Biblical psalms that was the first book ever printed in what became the United States goes on auction this November, with an expected price tag of US$15 – US$30 ... Read More

Sequel to 1964 Yoko Ono poetry book due June, entitled 'Acorn'

NEW YORK, April 14 — Avant-garde artist and 1960s icon Yoko Ono will have a new book of playful poetry and black & white drawings made available in June via specialist publishing house OR Books."It's ... Read More

Paulo Coelho brings timeless ideas to new novel

NEW YORK, April 13 — Like his international best seller "The Alchemist," Paulo Coelho's new novel weaves a story that takes place in the past while the ideas it explores, he says, are more relevant than ... Read More

Colonial psalm book could fetch US$30m at NY auction

NEW YORK, April 13 — One of 11 surviving copies of the first book printed in America is hitting the auction block later this year and is expected to fetch as much as US$30 million (RM93 million), which ... Read More

Fans queue at midnight for new novel by Japan's Murakami

TOKYO, April 12 — More than 100 people lined up at midnight at a Tokyo bookstore, eager to get their hands on the latest Haruki Murakami novel that went on sale today, the first in three years by the ... Read More

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Khamis, 18 April 2013