LONDON (AFP) ― J.K. Rowling, the British author of the best-selling Harry Potter books, was forced to reveal on Sunday that she had published a critically acclaimed crime novel under a pseudonym.The mother of three was unveiled by the Sunday Times newspaper as the writer of “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” a debut novel about a private detective who investigates a model’s suicide.It is purportedly by Robert Galbraith, described by the publisher as a former member of the Royal Military Police who has sinc

A two-volume photo book series featuring Korean culture and scenery has been published by local publishing house Design SOOMOKWON and the Korea Tourism Organization.A total of 31 photographers participated in the project. The series has four different categories: tradition, nature, city and countryside. The first volume of the series, titled “View of Korea,” features photographs of Korea’s palaces, including Changdeokgug and Deoksugung palaces in Seoul, as well as famous Buddhist temples such as

My EducationBy Susan Choi (Viking)Susan Choi’s “My Education” is a chaise-longue literary page-turner par excellence: sexy, smart, well-plotted, jammed with observations witty and profound, and so well-written it occasionally leaves you gasping. I guess I’m in love. And so is the protagonist of “My Education,” Regina Gottlieb. In 1992, Regina arrives on the campus of a Cornell-like university as a graduate student in writing. The first week she catches sight of the notorious professor Nicholas B

Red MoonBy Benjamin Percy(Grand Central)The setting of Benjamin Percy’s “Red Moon” ― an alternative universe in which humans and lycans coexist ― may seem unhappily familiar to anyone familiar with the words “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob.”Readers will also encounter teen angst, thuggery, interspecies love, domestic terrorism, torture and, upon occasion, tenderness and yearning. The movie rights have been sold and the novel’s conclusion can signal only one thing: sequel.But banish all thoughts of

The unexpected death of James Gandolfini, who was best known for his work on the series “The Sopranos,” recently reignited the conversation over How Much Television Has Changed, which has become so intense and widespread in the last few years that books are now being written about it.Last year, critic Alan Sepinwall self-published “The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever” to such attention it has just been reissued by Simon & Schuster’s

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“I’m tired of remembering,” actress Ava Gardner laments during one of many sessions with the ghostwriter working on her memoir. “I’m sick of trying to explain myself all the time.”Her spirit may have been unwilling, but Gardner’s motivation was powerful: She needed the money. At 66, with her acting career over and her body suffering from the effects of a debilitating stroke, one of film’s most beautiful women was nearly broke. The star of “The Barefoot Contessa’’ (1954) and dozens of other movie

Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to QuestloveBy Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Ben Greenman (Central Publishing)Countless rappers and NBA stars have adopted a self-consciously nerdy fashion acumen, everything from Izod shirts to conspicuous eyeglasses.Then there’s the real deal, Ahmir “Questlove“ Thompson: driving force behind the Roots, Twitter giant, compulsive compiler of music lists and now author, with Ben Greenman, of the new quasi-memoir “Mo’ Meta Blues.”The guy who emerges from these

William Shakespeare’s ‘Star Wars’ By Ian Doescher (Quirk Books)If you are scared of a summer reading slump for your media-obsessed student ― or game-obsessed adult ― there’s a solution: Shakespeare a la George Lucas.In other words, take “William Shakespeare’s ‘Star Wars’” by Ian Doescher for a spin. He has adapted “Star Wars” (otherwise known as “Episode IV, A New Hope”) in the style of the great Bard of Avon.This can lead to some hilarious reading.In the movie, for example, when the pirate aka

The Korean edition of famed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s latest novel “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” topped the local bestseller lists on the day of its release Monday. The novel tells the story of a 30-something man named Tsukuru Tazaki, who was suddenly cut off by his close friends during high school. After being terminally depressed for many years, he now makes a living designing train stations at a railway company in Tokyo. He one day decides to visit his once be