Miami comes alive in “Birds of Paradise,” a lush new novel by Diana Abu-Jaber, the author of a culinary memoir (“The Language of Baklava”) and three previous novels (“Arabian Jazz,” “Crescent” and “Origin”). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/books/review/birds-of-paradise-by-diana-abu-jaber-book-review.html?_r=2 Life Remembered: Project Gutenberg founder Michael Hart 'did it his way' Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette URBANA — Friends and family of Michael Hart remember him not only as an early producer and proponent of e-books, but also as an inveterate garage-saler who embraced many interests and often proved good at them. Mr. Hart, 64, of Urbana died Tuesday at ... | ||
Books about 9/11 Washington Post 11 attacks has brought a swirl of emotion and a slew of new books. Many of these works seek to capture the feelings that still run high a decade later. Common themes emerge: a desire to understand a world in which such violence exists, to hunt down our ... | ||
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IKEA anticipates death of paper books, tweaks bookcase Los Angeles Times Coming out next month, the tweaked bookcase will feature deeper shelves meant to display "ornaments, tchotchkes and the odd coffee-table tome -- anything, this is, except books," the Economist reported. The Swedish furniture company is already pushing ... | ||
Publishing in Taiwan 2011 Publishers Weekly By Teri Tan Ask any Chinese readers for their impression of books from Taiwan, and most likely they will cite meticulous editing and beautiful covers while reeling off the names of authors of literary gems, romance titles, and martial art novels. ... | ||
Birthday candles for 'Jumanji' and 'Tuesday' The Seattle Times Kids' books: "Jumanji" and "Tuesday," two wildly imaginative and popular books have something to celebrate. By KAREN MACPHERSON No comments have been posted to this article. A couple of spectacularly inventive picture books — one by Chris Van Allsburg ... | ||
School libraries the poor relation Stuff.co.nz A growing demand for e-books that students can download on to a tablet device is also increasing budgetary pressure. The issue has attracted the attention of the Post-Primary Teachers Association, which is calling on the government to restore funding ... | ||
Israel bars entry of books into jails Arab News By MOHAMMED MAR'I RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoners Club (Nadi Al-Asir) on Saturday said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) barred the entry of books into prisons. The club said that the IPS barred the entry of books, of all its fields, ... | ||
Books, bits and bites Brookings Register And all things electronic have not killed what libraries were built on; books are still a staple. Getting down to the specifics of "digital things and downloading," Landau explained, "There's really two things you can talk about in reference to a ... | ||
Hilco Trading Partners With Chicago Public School System Through Major Book ... MarketWatch (press release) Hilco's donation of more than 8000 books included titles covering science, math, poetry, travel, hobbies, Chicago history, business, computers, careers, politics, law and more. The books were hand-selected and purchased by Hilco from Borders Book ... | ||
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Atria Books Marks Ten Years Publishers Weekly Curr said the name Atria is “plural for a place where things grow and flourish,” and said that is what its publishing program stands for. “That's what happens to us around here and to our authors. We connect with our readers and we publish books with ... | ||
Books approach 9/11 head-on — and sideways STLtoday.com 11 attacks, Bowker's Books in Print says. For nonfiction titles distributed or published in the US, the number is 1433. Perhaps that sounds like a lot of books over the decade since 9/11. But compared with the 2 million or more books total, ... | ||
Books that will spook the whole family Norwich Bulletin By Paul Eisenberg A sequel to “Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich,” in which the titular character turns food hurled at him by frightened villagers into a disgusting meal, this book details how Frankenstein and his bride plan a wedding. ... | ||
Booksigning of Fil-Am authors at FPAC Festival Asianjournal.com CONTINUING its tradition for the last twenty years, Philippine Expressions Bookshop will once again present authors who will sign their books during the 20th Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture at Point Fermin, San Pedro this weekend. ... | ||
Books for Babies: A celebration for little ones Wilton Bulletin The Books for Babies program at the library has been in session for several months now, offering very young children the chance to “sing and play and enjoy gentle stories,” according to the library's Web site. Career librarian Lesley Keogh, ... | ||
Turning the page on books Times Record News By Ann Work Photos by Claire Kowalick/Times Record News Kirby eighth-grader Shelby Foster, 13 (left), reads and listens to books during Free Read Friday in Laura Mayfield's English class. Mayfield uses Playaway audiobooks from the Wichita Falls Public ... | ||
The End Of Books: Ikea Is Changing Shelves To Reflect Changing Demand TechCrunch Learn More If you needed any more proof that the age of dead-tree books is over take a look at these alarming style changes at Ikea: the furniture manufacturer's iconic BILLY bookcase – the bookcase that everyone put together when they got their first ... | ||
Excellence Now eBooks | tompeters! By Shelley Dolley tompeters.com: digital home of business author and speaker Tom Peters. His blog, videos, books, slides, free stuff, and more! ... Excellence Now eBooks. It's no secret that Tom's passion is Excellence. What better subject matter for a series of ebooks, then? We're excited to announce that we're working with New Word City to publish just that: a series of ebooks about Excellence. The series is titled Excellence Now and will cover Excellence throughout a wide range of topics, from ... The Tom Peters Weblog | ||
Daily Tip: How to buy Google eBooks on iPhone, iPad | TiPb By Georgia Daily Tip: How to buy Google eBooks on iPhone, iPad. Now that the Google Books app has had to remove their store button from their iPhone, iPod touch and iPad app, are you curious how to continue buying your eBooks on iOS? Fret not, for ... TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and... | ||
Google Removes eBook Purchases from Books App for iPad/iPhone ... By Kevin Krause Google has sent out an email to users of its Google Books app for the iPad and iPhone informing of a change in the way they will be able to download new. Android Phone Fans | ||
Holly Cara Price: Kicks Books: Pulp Fiction and Non-Fiction Rules ... By Holly Cara Price Nick Tosches opens up a glorious treasure trove of rock and roll history with his new book, Save the Last Dance for Satan, recently published as part of a new series of hip pocket paperback gems by Kicks Books. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | ||
Selling Wikipedia Pages As Kindle eBooks | Disinformation By moezilla Selling Wikipedia Pages As Kindle eBooks. Posted by moezilla on September 9, 2011. WikiFocusBooks This article identifies a supposed ebook “author” whose 887 different ebooks were all apparently cut-and-pasted directly from Wikipedia ... Disinformation | ||
"Law Books by the Million" By West Publishing Company - The ... By Kirk Hartley 110 years ago, in 1901, West Publishing created and distributed "Law Books by the Million," a self-laudatory but enjoyable and relatively de. ... "Law Books by the Million" By West PublishingCompany - The Green Bag Brings it to Life ... GlobalTort | ||
New Books: “La cuestión caribeña” and “El mito de la mujer ... By ivetteromero The Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean [Centro De Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe] will present two new books on Caribbean culture: Iris M. Zavala's La cuestión caribeña and Jesús del Valle and ... Repeating Islands | ||
Science Publishing: What is to be done? « In the Dark By telescoper Year after year we have been told that digital technologies would make scientific publishing cheaper. That has not happened. Journal subscriptions have risen faster than inflation for over a decade. Why is this happening? The answer is that ... In the Dark | ||
EAPN – European Anti-Poverty Network » Post Topic » get ebooks ... By admin You can get eBooks free by procuring from numerous publisher dealers. There are a plethora of companies specializing in publishing different types of books which can be largely bought in stores that sell books. From these dealers, you can ... EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network | ||
Ms. Readers' Choice: Top 100 Non-Fiction Books? : Ms Magazine ... By Cortney Rock Frida Kahlo: Face to Face by Judy Chicago: As Chicago put it, “although there have been so manybooks about [Kahlo], there has never been a systematic analysis of her themes and her subject matter.” She leaves behind the cartoony ... Ms Magazine Blog | ||
S. Krishna's Books: Book Review: The Dresden Files: Welcome to ... By Swapna Welcome to the Jungle is great for avid fans of the series, but it's also perfect for those who are interested in The Dresden Files (maybe because I've been raving about the books for so long on this blog). Because the events take place before ... S. Krishna's Books | ||
Scholastic.com About Book Clubs: Monthly classroom flyers with just-right books at ... Choose from dozens of offerings each month, from classic books to the hottest new titles. ... clubs.scholastic.com/about/index.shtml |
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