He finished the book by writing at night during his two years of service in the United States Navy.

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He told them to call home once a week and to read at least one book a month.

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The book entered The New York Times Best Sellers list at the number one position on September twenty-fifth.

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At the festival, Judy Blume read to a group of children from her own favorite book as a child,"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans.

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In eighteen-twenty-three, at the age of eighteen, Smith claimed that an Angel told him of a golden book.

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The book was called Lady Sings the Blues. A friend at the New York Post newspaper, William Dufty, helped her write the book.

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Part of the book talks about the defeat of the Italian army at a place called Caporetto.

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They both offer a kaleidoscope of color." Other children's book writers at the festival included Kate DiCamillo.

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The book is kept by the Library of Congress and has never been used at another swearing-in.

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That is also the name of a book from two thousand one by Elliott Gorn, a professor now at Brown University in Rhode Island.

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You can learn more about other popular authors who spoke at the National Book Festival on the Special English program "This is America" on Monday.

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"A Gate at the Stairs" is writer Lorrie Moore's first book in over ten years.

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A historian at Ohio State University argues yes in a new book called "American Homicide."

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Since then, the book has been published in at least sixty languages.

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