Former President George W. Bush, who once famously called himself "The Decider," is writing a book about decisions. ...more

March 22, 2009

NEW YORK — John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died today at age 76. Updike, a resident of Beverly Farms, Mass., died of lung cancer, according to a statement from his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. ...more

January 27, 2009

"Chagall: A Biography," by Jackie Wullschlager (Alfred A. Knopf, $40) ...more

December 7, 2008

"Unaccustomed Earth," by Jhumpa Lahiri (Alfred A Knopf, $25) ...more

May 18, 2008

"The Senator's Wife," by Sue Miller (Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95) ...more

January 13, 2008

The memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the object of an international bidding war that went on for days, have been acquired by imprints of Random House Inc. in the United States and England. ...more

October 28, 2007