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Marvel a marvel in diffuse 'Book of Grace' in NY 17 Mar 10, 19:38 ET AP - Elizabeth Marvel is one of those chameleon-like stage actresses fiercely committed to character. Whatever the play — from "A Streetcar Named Desire" off-Broadway to "Top Girls" on Broadway — she transforms herself, each portrait totally different and totally credible. more McGraw-Hill renews magazine deal with contractors 17 Mar 10, 17:54 ET AP - McGraw-Hill Construction, part of publishing house The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., said Wednesday it extended its publishing agreement with the Associated General Contractors of America for two more years. more Muslim group calls textbooks discriminatory 17 Mar 10, 15:00 ET Reuters - Muslim activists launched a campaign on Wednesday against a series of educational books that they say promote anti-Islamic sentiment among U.S. school children. more 3 histories receive Bancroft Prize 17 Mar 10, 14:54 ET AP - Biographies of Abigail Adams and Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange are among the winners of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for history. more Posner says he failed to source material for book 17 Mar 10, 12:36 ET AP - An author and journalist who resigned last month from the Internet news site The Daily Beast over allegations of lifting material acknowledged that passages in his latest book are similar to those of another writer. more `Surrendered' flawed exploration of war's ravages 17 Mar 10, 12:31 ET AP - "The Surrendered" (Riverhead Books, $26.95, 480 pages), by Chang-Rae Lee: "The Surrendered" gets off to a riveting start with a powerful first 30 pages, as readers follow an 11-year-old girl leading her two younger siblings on a refugee trek through Korea in the early 1950s. more Levy, Mantel battle 7 debut novels for UK prize 17 Mar 10, 00:49 ET Reuters - Literary heavyweights Andrea Levy and Hilary Mantel are up against seven first-time novelists in the longlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction honoring women writers in the English language. more

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