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An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book jacket, are all they’re cracked up to be.

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. By Mac Barnett For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in ...

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. “Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s ...

Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests. The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released ...

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty met on Friday with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam. Abdelatty congratulated the Lebanese Prime Minister on the confidence of the ...

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Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam met with Hezbollah and Amal Movement envoys and he agreed to the nomination of ex-MP Yassine Jaber for the finance ministerial portfolio, Shiite Duo sources said. ...

FILE - Lebanese Ambassador to the United Nations Nawaf Salam speaks to reporters after Security Council consultations on the situation in Libya, March 14, 2011 at United Nations headquarters.

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has reached an agreement with the Shiite Duo over its representation in the new government, following lengthy and strenuous negotiations, media reports said on ...

A new visit to Beirut by Saudi envoy Yazid bin Farhan is an indication that Saudi Arabia may be trying to facilitate the mission of PM-designate Nawaf Salam, informed sources said. “There are still ...