The 2009 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded today to Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller (Müller). Born August 17, 1953, Mueller is a highly prolific novelist and essayist whose works portray the human destruction of the Romanian dictatorship and the rootlessness of the political exile. Her novels include “The Land of Green Plums” and “The Appointment.”

Ben Brown's Adventure Beyond the Universe - The Return of the Nephilim, is a new fantasy/adventure novel by New Zealand author, Michael Thorp, which pushes back the frontiers of space and science, albeit in the realms of science fiction fantasy.

Essays have varying lengths depending on the professor’s instruction and requirement. Some professors actually define the number of words a student must write in order to produce an essay for the subject. Writing institutions suggest that the more concise a piece of writing is, the more effective and efficient it is to read.

Upon accomplishing writing the term paper, students immediately feel a sense of relief from the heavy load they carry while in the process of creating the paper. After editing and polishing the term paper, students proceed to the part that concludes their composition and that is the bibliography.

The first thing to consider before starting a term paper is the style of writing. Good style comes after understanding the approach needed by certain course requirement. It is a necessity to understand the difference of every type.

Some 300 rare and valuable books confiscated from Iraq's Jewish community by Saddam Hussein's regime have been secretly spirited into Israel.

An appearance at a NASA space celebration by lively literary and movie artist Vanna Bonta made fashion waves as she talked thermal fabrics and convertible footwear, urging fashion to look spaceward, not down its proverbial nose.

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2008 goes to Australian author Sonya Hartnett.

This year’s Nordic Council Literature prize has gone to Naja Marie Aidt from Denmark for her collection of short stories called ”baboon.”

Whether from a nostalgia for its existence as an imperial centre or as an escape from reality, the literary obsession of the Serbian capital grows with every passing season.

Denis Johnson won the National Book Award for a 600-page "Tree of Smoke" describing extremes of the Vietnam War and its consequences.

The Nov. 28 release of a 400-page book dedicated to Harry Potter is delayed while his lawyers try to have a lawsuit by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. dismissed.