A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems," has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature.

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Julie Powell's new book is not for the squeamish. In it, she describes her apprenticeship at a butcher shop and dissects the pain caused by her two-year affair with an old college flame that sent her into an emotional tailspin.

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Edgar Allan Poe's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems," was virtually unnoticed when published but is now one of the world's rarest and most sought-after texts. Experts at Christie's auction house say it could sell for a record price for American literature.

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She's no longer the chief executive of Alaska, but Sarah Palin should still be called "governor." And in English only, please. That was the initial message sent out by Mall of America officials who banned foreign reporters, allowing "only English speaking press."

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She's no longer the chief executive of Alaska, but Sarah Palin should still be called "governor." And in English only, please. That was the initial message sent out by Mall of America officials who banned foreign reporters, allowing "only English speaking press."

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Vladimir Nabokov's final, fragmentary novel, "The Original of Laura," has gone on sale in two versions in Russia, more than 30 years after he asked that it be burned upon his death.

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Jonathan Littell, the author of a cringe-inducing passage which compares a sexual encounter to battle with an one-eyed mythological monster, was awarded Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize.

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Vladimir Nabokov's final, fragmentary novel, "The Original of Laura," has gone on sale in two versions in Russia, more than 30 years after he asked that it be burned upon his death.

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Jonathan Littell, the author of a cringe-inducing passage which compares a sexual encounter to battle with an one-eyed mythological monster, was awarded Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize.

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A rare first edition of "Origin of Species" that had languished for years on a toilet bookshelf sold Tuesday at auction for 103,250 pounds, or $172,000. On the same day, British authorities made an appeal for a stolen leather-bound notebook of Charles Darwin's.

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A copy of the book "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" that belonged to the British girl who inspired author Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" will be sold at an auction next month, the company behind the sale said on Monday.

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A copy of the book "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" that belonged to the British girl who inspired author Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" will be sold at an auction next month, the company behind the sale said on Monday.

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Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appears well on her way to becoming a million-selling author. "Going Rogue" will now have a printing of 2.5 million copies, according to HarperCollins.

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Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appears well on her way to becoming a million-selling author. "Going Rogue" will now have a printing of 2.5 million copies, according to HarperCollins.

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Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test - a result that was thrown out after he said he "unwittingly" took the substance.

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That old saw "you can't judge a book by its cover" is taking on new meaning: A number of major media outlets have confused Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" with the similarly-covered "Going Rouge," a collection of essays critical of Palin.

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The late author's last book is a high-seas adventure set in 1665 and concerns a treasure galleon, cannibals, sea monsters and a whole boatload of swashbuckling. One reviewer claims it "reads like a cheap novelization of a movie that hasn't been made yet."

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That old saw "you can't judge a book by its cover" is taking on new meaning: A number of major media outlets have confused Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" with the similarly-covered "Going Rouge," a collection of essays critical of Palin.

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The memoir by the mastermind of George W. Bush's two successful White House campaigns, titled "Courage and Consequence," will be released March 9 by a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster that has published a best seller by Glenn Beck.

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The former vice presidential candidate tells TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey that she doesn't have her sights set on the 2012 presidency and cracks on Levi Johnston's "porn" career.

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The former GOP vice presidential candidate may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.

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The former GOP vice presidential candidate may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.

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The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin. The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin's "Going Rogue," Palin confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain.

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The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin. The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin's "Going Rogue," Palin confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain.

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To promote her new memoir, the former Alaska governor is going to smaller places like Fort Bragg, N.C., home of one of the biggest military bases in the country. "Going Rogue: An American Life" has been high on Amazon.com's bestseller list for weeks, long before the Nov.

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