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Dark Knight may rise to $500,000
IT IS the comic book cover that captured the grim visage of an older, wiser - and meaner - Batman. Now its cover could be worth $500,000.
Spy claims boost sales of Orwell's 1984
BIG brother is watching - sales of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 have skyrocketed in the wake of revelations of US government surveillance.
The devil is back, and she's still in Prada
A decade on from her debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada, New York author Lauren Weisberger is ready to let her characters take the stage again.
Scottish author Iain Banks dies
SCOTTISH author Iain Banks has died age 59, two months after he revealed he had late-stage cancer and was unlikely to survive beyond a year.
Bible's comeback surprises Norway
THE runaway popularity of the Bible has caught Norway - one of the most secular nations in Europe - by surprise.
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Rare Superman comic found behind wall
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Man Booker prize goes to one-liner
AN AUTHOR who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize and won $93,000.
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Reclusive author makes rare appearance
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Rollicking time worth the wait
IT'S difficult to imagine a journalist taking 25 years to write a book . . . but that's how long it took Nick Place to produce 'Roll With It'.
The unbearable lightness of being poor Barnaby
WHEN Barnaby Brocket was born in Sydney, it was immediately clear he was an unusual child.
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Book Review: The Story Of Billy Young
IT'S a miracle that Billy Young is still with us. The 86-year-old World War II veteran lives in Sydney, expressing his wartime experiences through paintings and poetry.
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THE book's blurb says it's a romp through the "dark underbelly of politics" and for once the blurb doesn't lie.
1912
SUBTITLED The Year the World Discovered Antarctica, this is the story of the beginning of our knowledge of that vast frozen continent.
Albert of Adelaide
ALBERT is a lonely platypus and, armed with an empty drink bottle, he is on a quest to find a better world.
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VIP: Superman flies in and Rafters flee
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Fan favourites for Fifty Shades movie
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