Rowling webcast will promote new Potter kids club

NEW YORK: Rowling webcast will promote new Potter kids club - Technology - MiamiHerald.com: "J.K. Rowling's next book is for adults, but she will be on hand this fall to help promote a new club for kids, the Harry Potter Reading Club.Scholastic Inc. announced Tuesday that Rowling will participate in a live webcast at noon, Oct. 11 from her hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, taking live questions from her young fans for the first time since 2007, when the last Potter book came out. The discussion will take place on www.scholastic.com/hpreadingclub, the website for an online Potter club launched Tuesday by Scholastic"

How Jonah Lehrer was caught inventing Bob Dylan quotes
Christian Science Monitor
Jonah Lehrer resigned from The New Yorker after Tablet Magazine discovered Lehrer had fabricated quotes by Bob Dylan in Lehrer's latest book "Imagine: How Creativity Works." By Hillel ... Listings for the e-book edition of "Imagine" will be removed and shipments of the physical book have been stopped. "Imagine ... "Publishing books is fundamentally different from publishing a newspaper or magazine," Bruce Nichols, Houghton Mifflin's senior vice president and publisher of adult trade books, said in a statement.

Christian Science Monitor

Author Jonah Lehrer Admits Making Up Bob Dylan Quotes
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Getty Images: Jonah Lehrer. A leading book publisher said Monday it is halting the digital book sales of Jonah Lehrer's nonfiction book “Imagine: How Creativity Works” and has stopped shipping physical copies following the disclosure that the authorfabricated quotes from Bob Dylan. ... Lori Glazer, a spokeswoman for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a unit of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., said via email that the digital books should be removed from all bookselling sites by the end of the day. She noted that the ...

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New Yorker Writer Quits After Faking Bob Dylan Quotes, WSJ Says
Bloomberg
U.S. author Jonah Lehrer resigned as a staff reporter at New Yorker magazine after saying he faked quotes from singer Bob Dylan in his latest nonfiction book, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a statement from Lehrer. Lehrer said he lied to journalist ... His book “Imagine: How Creativity Works” is being pulled from retailers Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) and Amazon.com Inc. after Dylan's management said it had no record of any contact with Lehrer, the Journal reported. Click here for web link. To contact the ...

Interview: Beth Kery, author of 'Because You Are Mine'
USA TODAY
It's been kind of a best seller. The best part about the Fifty Shades craze, though, is all the great buzz that romance novelists are getting for their books. One of those authors, Beth Kery, today kicks off a serialized erotic romance, Because You Are Mine, which ...

USA TODAY

Christian Fiction Undergoing a Resurgence via eReaders
Good E-Reader (blog)
Patchen Barrs, author of The Erotic Engine provided further insight on why erotica and Christian fiction are doing so well in today's digital climate. “Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James and religious ones like ... Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, and Kobo deliver eBooks on a wider footprint then ever before. For the first time many customers in Canada, UK, Denmark, ... Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about electronic readers and technology for the last four years.

Penguin Sees Lackluster Revenue and Strong eBook Growth in 2012
Good E-Reader (blog)
... to their overall digital strategy. It seems to be paying off, mostly due to Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Kobo's ability to market the books for them. ... He has been writing about electronic readers and technology for the last four years. His articles have been ...

'Circle of Friends' author Maeve Binchy dies
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, has died in Dublin after a brief illness, Irish media and national leaders said. She was 72 years old. She was best known for her ...

Popular Irish author Maeve Binchy dies at 72
New York Daily News
An undated handout image provided by Christine Green Authors' Agent in London, Britain, on 31 July 2012 shows Irish novelist and playwright Maeve Binchy who passed away after a short illness at the age of 72 on 30 July 2012. ... LONDON — Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, has died in Dublin after a brief illness, Irish media and national leaders said. She was 72 years old. She was best known for her depictions of human...

New York Daily News

Maeve Binchy, popular Irish author, dies at 72 in Dublin; leaders mourn 'national ...
Washington Post
LONDON — Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, has died in Dublin after a brief illness, Irish media and national leaders said. She was 72 years old. She was best known for her ... “Tara Road,” about Irish and American women who switch homes without having met, was chosen by U.S. TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey for her popular book club, bringing her many new readers. She had announced in her column in 2000 that ...

Author Maeve Binchy, 72, dies after short illness
USA TODAY
AP reports that Binchy's former employer, The Irish Times, spoke to Binchy's family and said the acclaimed author had died in a Dublin hospital on Monday with her husband, Gordon Snell, by her side. "She was an outstanding novelist, short story writer and ...

USA TODAY

Irish Prime Minister leads tributes to 'trailblazing' author Maeve Binchy
The Independent
Bestselling author Maeve Binchy was today dubbed a “trailblazer” for a generation of female writers, as tributes poured in following her death last night. ... She said the books worked because the “you want to spend time with the characters. ... Authors lined up to pay tribute to Binchy including Cathy Kelly, who said the world was a “darker place” following Binchy's death. “We'll ... Binchy had planned to quit writing novels at the turn of the century, but following a popular outcry, she released anotherbook two years later.

Report: Irish author Maeve Binchy dies at 72
Boston.com
LONDON (AP) — Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, has died in Dublin after a brief illness, according to Irish media reports. ... ''Tara Road,'' about Irish and American women who switch homes without having met, was chosen by U.S. TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey for her popular book club, bringing her many new readers. ... After you register and pick a screen name, you can publish your comments everywhere on the site.

Maeve Binchy, Author of Circle of Friends, Dies at 72
People Magazine
Maeve Binchy, the popular Irish author who sold more than 40 million books worldwide and penned Circle of Friends, has died after a brief illness, reports BBC News. She was 72. During her illustrious career, Binchy wrote 16 novels, four collections of short ...

Suzy Gershman, 64; wrote 'Born to Shop' guidebook series
Boston.com
Ms. Gershman was the author of 16 ''Born to Shop'' guides, published over 26 years and compiled during hundreds of thousands of miles of worldwide wandering and, very often, back-street meandering. ... Ms. Gershman died of cancer last Wednesday in San Antonio at 64, said Sarah Lahey, who for the last eight years helped her research and write the books. ... ''The basic idea of thebook,'' Ms. Gershman once said, ''is that it should read like we were having lunch and I was telling you about my shopping day.'' ...

In 2010 book, Romney ascribed Israeli-Palestinian economic disparities to culture
Washington Post (blog)
But in his 2010 book, No Apology, Romney made almost precisely the same point about Israelis and Palestinians, even using the same language: “culture makes all the difference.” Romney's previous making of this point was caught by my Post colleague ...

How I Came to Love Maeve Binchy
Slate Magazine (blog)
Binchy is the author who, for me, bridged the gap between childhood reading and adult,” Alison Flood wrote on the Guardian's Book Blog today, and that is true for me as well. I was 11 when I first read Circle of Friends, a melodramatic tale of two best friends in ...

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Best-selling Irish author Maeve Binchy dies
msnbc.com
Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most beloved writers, has died in Dublin after a short illness at the age of 72, Irish media reported on Tuesday. Binchy was revered for such novels as "Light a Penny Candle," "Tara Road," and "Circle of Friends," which was ...

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Jonah Lehrer Resigns From The New Yorker After Making Up Dylan Quotes for ...
New York Times (blog)
All contributed to the rise of Jonah Lehrer, the 31-year-old author, speaker and staff writer for The New Yorker, who then executed one of the most bewildering recent journalistic frauds, one that on Monday cost him his prestigious post at the magazine and his ...

New York Times (blog)

Maeve Binchy is remembered by Ireland's leaders, fellow writers
Christian Science Monitor
Binchy, who published her first book, “Light a Penny Candle,” in 1982, wrote most often about life in small towns in her native country. She was born in Dalkey and County Dublin and worked as a teacher and journalist before becoming an author, working as a ...

Christian Science Monitor

Irish writer Maeve Binchy dies at 72
Newsday
Her husband, children's book author Gordon Snell, was by her side. Binchy's 16 novels, four short-story collections and other books have sold more than 40 million copies in 37 languages, said Ireland's public-television network, RTÉ. In 2000, she was ranked third in a UK World Book Day poll of favorite authors. A decade later, she received a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Book Awards. Maeve Binchy was born in Dalkey, County Dublin, on May 28, 1940, the eldest of four children. She attended the Holy ...

Newsday

Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72
BBC News
She wrote books that read as fluidly as a conversation with and old friend who had lots of news”. End Quote Author Marian Keyes. Keyes tribute in full. Fellow novelist Jilly Cooper paid tribute, saying Binchy was "a natural storyteller". "She was a darling - I'm very, ... Other authors have paid tribute on Twitter, with Ian Rankin tweeting: "Maeve Binchy was a gregarious, larger than life, ebullient recorder of human foibles and wonderment." ... She said she was glad she persevered and sent the book to a sixthpublisher.

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'Born to Shop' author Suzy Gershman dead at 64
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
suzy-gershman-born-to-shop-series-dead-dies. Author Suzy Gershman died July 25 in San Antonio after being diagnosed about a year ago with brain cancer. DALLAS — Suzy Gershman, whose "Born to Shop" travel guides have helped readers find where to...

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'Born to Shop' author Suzy Gershman dies at 64
Washington Times
Gershman died July 25 in San Antonio after being diagnosed about a year ago with brain cancer, said her son, Aaron Gershman, and her co-author, Sarah Lahey. Since its launch in the mid-1980s, “Born to Shop” series has been translated into a half-dozen languages and sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, Lahey said. Sixteen of thebooks have been published, and some were revised every other year. Frommer's acquired ... Her book “C'est la Vie,” detailed her first year of widowhood. After about a decade ...

Washington Times

Best-Selling Author Lehrer Admits Fabricating Dylan Quotes for Book
Wall Street Journal
The book's publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, provided a statement from Mr. Lehrer in which the author acknowledged having lied to journalist Michael Moynihan after Mr. Moynihan questioned the authenticity of some of Mr. Dylan's quotes as they appeared in "Imagine." "Three weeks ago, I ... A spokeswoman for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a unit of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., said the digital books should be removed from all bookselling sites by the end of the day Monday. She said the publishing ...

Wall Street Journal

Irish author Maeve Binchy dead at 72
UPI.com
DUBLIN, Ireland, July 31 (UPI) -- Irish writer Maeve Binchy has died in a Dublin hospital after a short illness, her representatives said. She was 72. Binchy was a journalist who also penned 16 novels. "The Lilac Bus" and "Echoes" were made into TV movies, ...

Maeve Binchy, bestselling Irish author, dies
Vancouver Sun
She sold more than 40 million books worldwide. Her novels and short stories often examined the friction between tradition and modernity in Ireland. Her works have been translated into 37 languages. Born in the Dublin suburb of Dalkey in 1940, she began ...

Ireland mourns the loss of a true storyteller – Maeve Binchy passes away after ...
IrishCentral
Bestselling author Maeve Binchy passes away after short illness, beloved by her fans. Author of “Light a Penny Candle” and “Circle of Friends” ... The Irish novelist Maeve Binchy, most widely known for her books “A Circle of Friends” and “Tara Road”, has passed away in Dublin following a short illness. Binchy passed away in a Dublin hospital with her ... She also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1999 and “Tara Road” was featured on Oprah Book Club. Although she had announced her retirement in 2000 ...

Beloved Irish author Maeve Binchy passes away at 72
TheCelebrityCafe.com
Binchy was a well-known Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist and speaker, famous for her novels such as Tara Road, an Oprah's Book Club selection that was later turned into a movie featuring Andie MacDowell and Olivia Williams.

Author Acknowledges Fake Dylan Quotes, Resigns
Pollstar
Listings for the e-book edition of “Imagine” will be removed and shipments of the physical book have been stopped. “Imagine,” published in March, has sold more than 200000 copies, according to Houghton Mifflin. It has spent 16 weeks on The New York ...

Mitt Romney's 2 Favorite Books That Explain America—and the World
The Atlantic
In a small town west of Des Moines, I heard him speak at an "Ask Mitt Anything" town hall and point to America's culture as the reason for its success, citing Jared Diamond's 1997 book Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and David Landes' ...

Maeve Binchy dies aged 72 in Dublin; beloved Irish author and NYT, Oprah ...
GlobalPost
Maeve Binchy awaits the next person in line as she signs copies of her book "Scarlet Feather" at Borders Books and Music March 16, 2001 in Chicago. (Tim Boyle/AFP/Getty Images). What do you think? Maeve Binchy, the Irish author who made The New York ...

Suzy Gershman | 'Born to Shop' author, 64
Philadelphia Inquirer
Suzy Gershman, 64, the author of 16 Born to Shop guides, published over 26 years and compiled during hundreds of thousands of miles of worldwide wandering and backstreet meandering, has died. Mrs. Gershman died of cancer last Wednesday in San ...

Successful Irish Author Maeve Binchy Dies at 72, Telegraph Says
Bloomberg
Binchy, who sold more than 40 million books, published her last novel and received a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Book Awards in 2010, the newspaper said. Her books, which often had a humorous take on small-town life in Ireland, included ...

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Book Of Speed. No one likes to wait and we all hate slow pages. These are obvious, easily observable facts that don't need any proof. This book gives you practical industry examples and studies which expose the effects of performance on the bottom line. If you're not ... Best of Smashing Magazine. The eBook contains the best articles that have been published on Smashing Magazine in the last five years — and by “best,” we mean the most useful, most interesting or most inspiring.
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New York Review Books Announces NYRB Lit: An high-end e-book ...
By Dan Eldridge
But when long-established and staunchly literary publishing houses begin announcing e-book-only ventures of their own … well, that's news. And it doesn't get much more tweed-jacket literary than New York Review Books (NYRB), the ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Film Threat - Doomsday Book
By Mariko McDonald
Anthology films are making a comeback, especially in the domain of genre cinema. The results of these types of collaborations are predictably hit and miss, but Korean masters Yim Pil-sung (Hansel & Gretel) and Kim Jee-woon (A Tale of Two ...
Film Threat

Peter Yarrow Sings, Signs Books In Sewickley « CBS Pittsburgh
By angelakdka
Peter Yarrow Sings, Signs Books In Sewickley. July 30, 2012 9:19 PM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity. What's this? Add to Timeline - What's This. Click "Log in" topublish what you read to Facebook. See what your friends have read on CBS Local sites. Use "Remove" or "Turn off" to ... be said of Peter Yarrow's children's books. The co-author of “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” 50 years ago, went on to sell more than a million copies of those lyrics in a picturebook.
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Help Support [ours] A Book On Hyper-Localization of Sustainable ...
By Inhabitat
EVolo and the Institute for the Built Environment have teamed up with Inhabitat architecture writer Andrew Michler to produce a book on the hyper-localization of sustainable architecture in the 21st century. [ours] is based on the idea that the ...
INHABITAT

Another Blago Book! | NBC Chicago
By Edward McClelland
The Sun-Times' Natasha Korecki enters the Blago Book sweepstakes with "Only in Chicago," due out as an e-book Sept. 1. ... Both books are being issued by regional publishers, suggesting they're aimed mainly at Illinois readers. We'll see ...
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Add A 'Buy This Book' Widget To Your Website - GalleyCat
By Dianna Dilworth
Looking to add a “Buy this book” widget to your website? Ted Weinstein Literary Management has built a widget that can help you do so quickly and easily. AppNewser has more: “The button will feature a number of retailers that sell the book, ...
GalleyCat

'Imagine' Author Jonah Lehrer Resigns New Yorker, Admits Lying ...
'Imagine' Author Jonah Lehrer Resigns From New Yorker, Admits Lying ... what is most important is that the integrity of what we publish and what we stand for. ... options available" with the book while all e-books were taken off-sale and shipments of physical copies halted. ... Jonah Lehrer publisherpulls bestseller " Imag …
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'Imagine' author Jonah Lehrer resigns over fake Dylan quotes - MSN ...
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it will pull Lehrer's book. ... "We are taking the e-book of 'Imagine' off-sale, and halting shipment of physical copies." ...
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Overdrive Launches Its New Developer Portal
Good E-Reader (blog)
It announced a few months ago that it was creating a series of developer tools that would allow people to create their own apps, using Overdrive's functionality. In essence, it would allow schools, libraries, and other institutions to create their own version of ...

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The bestselling books in the Washington area: What's on top?
Washington Post (blog)
(Click on the author's name to be linked to Book World's review.) NONFICTION HARDCOVER. 1. THE MOBILE WAVE: ... The first of a British e-book erotic trilogy that has become a publishing phenomenon. [17]. 2. FIFTY SHADES DARKER. (Vintage, $15.95).

Book Notes: A delightful mystery set in South India
Norwich Bulletin
'The Wrath of Shiva' is the latest mystery by Beverly-based author Susan Oleksiw. ... Her love interest Anand has a large role in this book, but Anita, for whom curiosity overpowers fear, attempts to keep the most dangerous of her escapades from him.

Scanning project never hurt book sales, says Google - 30 Jul 2012
Knowledgespeak
It claims that its creation of full-text book searching is "the most significant advance in library search technology in the last five decades" and that the Authors Guild has shown "no evidence that Google Books has displaced the sale of even a single book." The new filing ... The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has reported a substantial increase in the number of multi-author papers in recent years, with many surpassing 50authors and some reporting upwards of 3000 authors. The trend ...

The Beer Nut publishes his first book
MetroWest Daily News
Now Miller has recently published his first book, "Beer Lover's New England." What this bookoffers in detail is every brewery, brew, brewpub and beer bar in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine and Rhode Island. Each brewery is ...

ebrary Strengthens Strategic E-book Acquisition Program for Community and ...
Sacramento Bee
PALO ALTO, Cailf., July 30, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- To help community and career colleges acquire e-books more strategically, ebrary®, a ProQuest business, has added thousands of relevant e-books across acquisition models, which provide libraries with ...

CrowdCompass Releases eBook to help Conference Organizers Accelerate the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MCLEAN, Va., July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- CrowdCompass, the leading mobile app developer for events, conferences and tradeshows, today announced the release of a neweBook, "Mobile App Marketing Playbook: A Guide to Increasing ...

iPad Book Review: 50 Years: The Rolling Stones Part 1 Review
MobileTechReview.com
... would become "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band". To celebrate this incredible milestone,publisher The eBook People has just released "The Rolling Stones - 50 years Part One", one of many books out this year commemorating this uncommon achievement. ... Rather than relying on a single author's point of view, each section of this book covers a particular year through a selection of newspaper and magazine articles that came out in that particular year. This allows for a much wider variety in writing styles and ...

Irvin Faust, Author and Guidance Counselor, Dies at 88
New York Times
Mr. Faust burst onto the literary scene in 1965 with a collection of short stories, “Roar Lion Roar and Other Stories.” Stanley Kauffmann said in The New Republic that opening the book was “like clicking on a switch: at once we hear the electric hum of talent.” ...

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Books for first-time parents
Boston.com (blog)
This is not a typical parenting book, in fact, it's almost a cocktail table book with gorgeous photos by Abelardo Morell and an artsy format that you can dip into, reading only a page at a time. That alone is a sure sign that the author knows not only about babies ...

Author visits: Robert Goolrick, 'Heading Out to Wonderful'
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
Read more about Goolrick's books in my Reading List feature, which includes Goolrick's discussion of some favorite novels (take a bow, Leo Tolstoy) and the one he didn't finish. Goolrick's bookstore schedule this week: 7 p.m. July 30, Boswell Book Company, ...

iPad Book Review: Tokyo DisneySea in Photographs Review
MobileTechReview.com
The author begins the book with a brief introduction to the park, and he does a good job of putting Disney TokyoSea in the context of Disney park history. His idea that DisneySea is the logical next step in Disney theme park evolution is a very interesting one.

Free (e)books for all!
Escanaba Daily Press (blog)
Ever since they came out I've imagined myself reading The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy on one, or maybe a book on native plants while advising Captain Kirk that eating those purple berries “is not logical.” I still don't have an eReader. I don't have a spaceship either. I do, however, have a computer with eReader software installed. There are a number of choices in the free ebook reader game. I've listed some of the big players in the link section to the right. My personal favorite is the Free Kindle Reading Apps ...

Google moves to end authors' Google Books copyright lawsuit
ITProPortal
Google reached a landmark agreement with French book publishers last month that allows it to add out-of-print books by French authors to its library. The company has said more than four million English-language excerpts, out of some 20 million scanned ...

Book Review: PYG: The Memoirs Of Toby, The Learned Pig by Russell Potter
Blogcritics.org (blog)
As each page seemed to fly by I found myself no only believing Potter was an immensely talented and capable author but that Toby, the learned pig who was the purported true "author" of the book with Potter simply editing his porcine scribblings, was the ...

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New book alleges Obama delayed Bin Laden decision 3 times before strike
American Thinker (blog)
Obama's close adviser Valerie Jarrett persuaded him to hold off each time, according to thebook. Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites an unnamed source with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the ...

Google Wants Authors to End Class-action Lawsuit
JDJournal.com
... actions amounted to “massive copyright infringement.” However, Google says that the database actually helps people to find the authors and buy their books and that there is a “significant public benefit” from the work done by Google in digitizing and publishing the works ofauthors, though without their specific permission. ... digital artists may also sue. The lawsuit includes individual plaintiffs like the former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Jim Bouton, who is the author of “Ball Four.” Did you like this? Share it: ...

Book Review: Winter Journal by Paul Auster
Blogcritics.org (blog)
In a sense, the book is Auster's attempt to come to terms with the body/spirit dichotomy that haunts so much of literature and becomes even more evident as one ages and physical decay inevitably sets in. Over and over again he focuses on the fragility of the ...

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Casey Anthony's attorney comes to Miami
MiamiHerald.com
He'll be at Books & Books in Coral Gables at 8 p.m. Monday to talk about his newbook, Presumed Guilty: Casey Anthony: The Inside Story (BenBella, $26.99). Why open an office in South Florida? I'm a hometown boy. I like to say I'm Puerto Rican by way of ...

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Book on Mossad confirms Israel assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists
World Socialist Web Site
But new allegations by authors Yossi Melman, a leading Israeli military and intelligence journalist who writes for Ha'aretz, and Dan Raviv, a CBS national political correspondent, reveal that the assassinations were all carried out by Mossad operatives who ...

Lexington psychiatrist writes book on parenting kids with autism
Wicked Local
Lexington resident Dr. Blaise Aguirre has seen firsthand the impact an autism spectrum diagnosis can have, not just on the child but on the child's family. An expert in child, adolescent and adult psychotherapy, Aguirre is the medical director of 3East at ...

Jeff Bezos, A Blonde, And A Book Walk Into A Bar (Part I) | TechCrunch
By Susanna Burke
Jeff Bezos, A Blonde, And A Book Walk Into A Bar (Part I). Susanna Burke. posted yesterday. Comments. Screen shot 2012-07-29 at 6.12.53 AM. While I find technology and innovation in technology to be intellectually fascinating and fun to ...
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Jeff Bezos discusses Kindle, e-books, and future of reading ...
By Chris Meadows
On Kindle Nation Daily, Len Edgerly posts the transcript of an 18-minute interview he had with Jeff Bezos in which they discussed the Kindle, Kindle Fire, the future of e-books, and other interesting topics. Bezos discusses being amazed at how ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

In which I try to buy an ebook « Everybody's Libraries
By John Mark Ockerbloom
But I wanted to buy electronic books as well– books I liked that weren't being offered for free or in bundles; books where I could support the authors and publishers through my purchase. Unfortunately, there weren't many ... A file I paid for wouldn' t be a book I owned, it would be a file that I licensed under a non-negotiable contract, and I could only do with the file what the vendor, the publisher, and other parties to the agreement decreed I could do. The file itself would be encrypted with ...
Everybody's Libraries

A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones - The Book Smugglers
By Ana
How did I get this book: Bought. Why did I read this book: I love DWJ's books and have been building a DWJ's library little by little. I bought a A Tale of Time City recently and decided to read it now since I was in the mood for a Time Travel story.
The Book Smugglers

Summer List: More Readings in New Academic Books – Africa is a ...
By Lily Saint
A difficult but rewarding book, The Event of Postcolonial Shame by Timothy Bewes (Princeton UP, 2011), zeroes in on the shame that inheres for writers in the postcolony when the question, “how to write without thereby contributing to the material ... Focusing on works by a cross-section of writers from the global south, Bewes examines “what possibilities exist for a literary form that might be adequate to the ethical complexity of the postcolonial world” suggesting particularly that South ...
Africa is a Country

Literary Rambles: ANGELA ACKERMAN AND BECCA PUGLISI ...
By Natalie Aguirre
Today I'm excited to interview Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi, co-partners of The Bookshelf Muse blog and co-authors of THE EMOTION THESAURUS: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO CHARACTER EXPRESSION, their debut book that was released in May, ... I have always had a passion for writing and books, and as a kid, I loved nothing better than to get lost in a story because it helped me cope with some of the darker aspects of my childhood. ... Why did you decide to self-publish it?
Literary Rambles

Do Some Damage: Real Books That Don't Exist
By Brian Lindenmuth
Real Books That Don't Exist. The Edgar award winning author Jorge Luis Borges wrote about The Library of Babel, a library that is said to contain every book that was every written and will be written. In that spirit I wanted to take a look at some ... don't you wish you could go read those books right now. I contacted some of the authors mentioned here to try and get some information on these lost titles that still haven't seen the light of day. Lynn Kostoff responded: #1:author bio/Long Fall ...
Do Some Damage

'The Forbidden Book' Co-Author Joscelyn Godwin on Occult of ...
By Disinformation
Scholar of occult history and co-author, with Guido Mina di Sospiro, of esoteric thriller The Forbidden Book is a guest on the Occult of Personality. ... 'The Forbidden Book' Co-AuthorJoscelyn Godwin on Occult of Personality Podcast. Posted by ...
Disinformation

Marathon Pundit: New book: Valerie Jarrett talked Obama out of Bin ...
By John Ruberry
At the urging of Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions before finally approving the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL mission, according to an explosive new book scheduled for release August 21. The Daily Caller has ... to the book. Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites an unnamed source with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the operation and its planning.
Marathon Pundit

Fantasy Book Critic: GUEST POST: The Literary Odyssey of Ilona ...
By The Reader
Press Release: Jo Fletcher Books acquires The Shiv... Focus on 3 older SF titles: David .... Her parents were Russian intelligentsia and her father pushed her toward authors like Arthur C. Clark, Robert Sheckley and Isaac Asimov when she was all of eight years old. One particular Sheckley story sticks .... AUTHOR INFORMATION: Andrew Gordon is one half of Ilona Andrews, the pseudonymous husband-and-wife writing team along with Ilona Gordon. Together, Andrew and Ilona are ...
Fantasy Book Critic

Question – When You Re-Read a Book, Do You Read It Cover to ...
By Julie
Did I skim the Fever books by Karen Marie Moning when I re-read them before Shadowfever was released? ... Yes. Yes I did. Does anyone re-read Phury's book from cover to cover, really? But did I skim while re-reading Lover Mine? Nope. Love that book! Most re-reads, I skim. It's funny but I mostly skim the sex scenes when I re-read. Not all of them, not the especially hot ones, but most because my favorite part of any book is the dialogue and the ... This Week's FeaturedAuthor ...
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Science Fiction Author Bypasses Traditional Publishing
Kalkion (blog)
High profile success stories like J.A. Konrath, Blake Crouch, and John Locke have uncovered profitable niches of readership by indie publishing their work using sites like Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords. Edstrom hopes to do the same in the ...

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“Book bombshell: Obama canceled Bin Laden 'kill' raid three times ...
Obama's close adviser Valerie Jarrett persuaded him to hold off each time, according to thebook. Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites ...

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New York Times best-sellers

New York Times best-sellers
San Jose Mercury News
Rankings for week ending July 14 for books sold in print and electronic formats by independent retailers, chains and online retailers. See the Northern California independent best-sellers at www.mercurynews.com/books. FICTION. 1. Fifty Shades of Grey by ...

The reluctant author
Chicago Tribune
A: The urge really for me, generally, when I'm out trying to sell something — whether it be a TV show or a book — the point that I will finally go out and try to sell something, I'm usually near broke. Q: So you did it for the money. A: Well, it's not even that much ...

Google asks court to dismiss authors' copyright case
Times of India
"The purpose of Google Books is to help users find books that are of interest to them," it said. "Research and scholarly uses range from literary research to helping fifth-graders find booksfor their book reports." A Google spokesman said: "We believe Google ...

Google seeks to close book in author copyright case
Ahram Online
... in new book · US defends suit on Apple, e-books amid criticism · Ebook sales skyrocketed in 2011: industry ... "Google Books gives people a new and more efficient way to find booksrelevant to their interests," the company said in its petition for summary judgment in the case in a New York federal court. "The tool is not a ... books." Google said the effort is beneficial to readers, authors and the public. ... "Research and scholarly uses range from literary research to helping fifth-graders find books for their book reports." ...

Weekend reading: Cast a family 'Wishing Spell'
USA TODAY
Chris Colfer, best known as Kurt Hummel on the hit TV series Glee, now can sing about his latest accomplishment: He's a best-selling author. He has written his first novel, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, for tween readers. It made its debut on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list at No. ... The twins give new meaning to the idea of getting lost in a good book as they land in a series of kingdoms where Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White have become queens and married their own King Charmings.

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Google says plaintiffs haven't proved scanning books hurts sales
TechSpot
Plaintiffs have adduced no evidence that Google Books has displaced the sale of even a singlebook. A survey of authors has shown that the majority of authors approve of their inclusion in Google Books, and that the vast majority do not perceive any harm ...

Google asks dismissal of authors' digital books suit
Phys.Org
Google asked a US court Friday to dismiss a lawsuit over the Internet giant's massive book-scanning project, saying the effort is "not a substitute" for books themselves. Google asked a US court Friday to put an end to a long-running lawsuit over the Internet ...

Book review: 'The Candidate' by Samuel Popkin
Washington Post
The film explores many of the themes of Samuel Popkin's book by the same name — message, character, expectations and what it takes to win an election, even when the odds are against victory. Popkin focuses on presidential campaigns and candidates ...

From Truant to Invisible Champion
New York Times
That girl, who 11 years later would marry Edward Robbins Wharton, wrote to her tutor, companion and literary secretary over the next four decades, and this trove of letters — 135 previously unknown missives were auctioned off in 2009 — has finally been ...

Author finds the true Midwest — in all its darkness
Chicago Tribune
Author Gillian Flynn, posing inside her home in Ukrainian Village, explores darker territory than what's typical of many novels set in the Midwest. (Abel Uribe, Chicago Tribune ... "To me it's great, underexploited literary terrain that's fun to roam around in. It has a strangely exotic feel to it ... Flynn's books are classified as thrillers or mysteries, but they're not the hard-boiled type. The mysteries she ... The book'sominous opening line is Nick's: "When I think of my wife, I always think of her head." Like most novelists, Flynn ...

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Bookcases: Not just for books
Chicago Tribune
The printed word no longer needs paper, and paper no longer needs stiffened linen or leather to contain it and be a book. ... As recently as March 2012, Dwight Garner, after taking a dig at the limitations of e-books in The New York Times, thought it relevant to quote bibliophile and novelist Anna Quindlen: "I would be most content if my children grew to be the kind of people who think decorating consists ...is starting to fade as you develop a love affair with your e-reader. ... Author Ward has some excellent advice.

Chicago Tribune

Author Shirley Conran discusses Fifty Shades of Grey
The List
Author Shirley Conran discusses Fifty Shades of Grey. Source: The ... 'It reinforced my belief that the book was needed.' And instead of ... 'It's been called a feminist tract and of course it is,' says the author. .... Celebrity authors signing copies of their latest books. Help make your event a success · List your event with us right now. It's quick, it's easy and best of all it's completely free. 100 Best Scottish Books· Celebrate the diversity of Scottish literary culture, taking in the obvious and obscure from across four centuries.

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Google Books hasn't cost authors a dime, company says
Ars Technica
In its 46-page document, Google forcefully argues that the project is not only useful, but that it also helps authors, and that the Authors' Guild has not produced any evidence "that GoogleBooks has displaced the sale of even a single book." "Authors benefit ...

14 Literary Characters We've Had Crushes On
ABC News
Tyrion Lannister in "Game of Thrones": Maybe it's because we're used to seeing Peter Dinklage play him on the TV show, but we find his character hot in the "Game of Thrones" books as well. Atticus Finch in "To Kill A Mockingbird": He might be the original ...

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Books: 'Broken Harbor,' 'The Light Between Oceans'
New York Daily News
Book reviews: 'Broken Harbor' by Tana French, 'The Light Between Oceans' by M.L. Stedman. Murder, mystery and ... French, whose very good books include “In the Woods” and “Faithful Place,” doesn't seem quite as in charge of her material here. “Broken ...

New York Daily News

Baby-makin' books: Moms-to-be credit pregnancies to erotic trilogy 'Fifty Shades'
The Missoulian
Brittany Woodard, 21, in Norfolk, Va., has a 6-month-old son, Greyson, whose name has absolutely nothing to do with the books Woodard read while her military husband was away for four months. New to the spicy genre, the stay-at-home mom wasn't trying ...

Book extract: Why Steve Bracks replaced Sir James Gobbo as the Governor
Herald Sun
In a revealing extract from his new book, former premier Steve Bracks comes clean on why he didn't renew the term of Victorian Governor Sir James Gobbo and what happened when he told the governor the bad news. INITIALLY, I was of the view that there ...

Trenton Thunder fans get visit from 'Wimpy Kids' stars, author
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
To Heffley, this is a nightmare, but to Zachary Gordon, the actor who portrays him, it's a good thing to put down the Wii controller and pick up a good book: especially if it is written by “Wimpy Kid” author Jeff Kinney. “Most books are intimidating. … I definitely ...

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Book examines climate change in clear, easy-to-digest fashion
Columbus Dispatch
The book is deliberately kept at about a sixth-grade reading level, and it is remarkably free of jargon. It is simple to read but not simplistic, and it uses its research not so much to advance a political argument as to provide a solid basis for understanding.

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Ebooks growing rapidly at Lubbock Public Library
LubbockOnline.com
Although the librarians don't foresee a time when the sensory world of traditional books will disappear, there definitely is a new demand for books that can be checked out remotely from a cell phone, tablet or computer. The first three ... go into the search box. It will give you a list of the titles that we have, and then you can choose eBook or audio book.” She added, “It's very similar to the search box that you would have within just our library catalogs. It kind of parallels that so you can do the search by author or by title.” ...

Peace. Love. Banned Books. Big Orange: Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!
OC Weekly (blog)
Love. Books" T-shirt the other day, purchased as a birthday present for me by the Biblio-Gal, a puzzled, perhaps delighted clerk took me in, admittedly long--haired (graying) middle-aged dude in cool Ray-Bans possessing, yes, a certain je ne sai quoi and offered, unembarrassed, .... So, yes, strange and wonderful little bookfrom the editor in chief of fancy-fun Orange Coast magazine, former assistant editor at the Los Angeles Times, crime novelist and author of other terrific weird bookswith long, instructive subtitles.

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Boxborough author publishes her debut young adult novel
Boston.com
She wrote this book in just six months, while working part time and caring for her three teenage children. Cashman was prepared for another bout of rejections, but “The Exceptionals'' was accepted by a literary agent at Trident Media Group and the publisher ...

Book review: 'Unearthed' an entertaining page turner for the whole family
Deseret News
Teom and Nuria, inhabitants of the ancient city Jacob in the year 33, are trying to coexist in a city overrun with Gadianton robbers (like the ones in the Book of Mormon) when news comes that the chief priest has been slain and their father, Ammaron, has been ...

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TV Book Club: 'Batman and Psychology' Explores Dark Knight's Inner Workings
Starpulse.com
As The Dark Knight Rises arrives in theaters, Batman fans who want to know what makes the caped crusader tick ought to give a read to Dr. Travis Langley's recently released book Batman and Psychology, in which Dr. Langley merges his professional knowledge with a passion for all things Bat-related to provoke some ...I spoke with Dr. Langley at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this month to find out just what goes into analyzing a superhero with such a rich history across comic books, television series, and film.

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Books tell stories of Mexican-American baseball in the San Gabriel Valley and ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Posted: 07/28/2012 07:15:44 AM PDT. Author Richard Santillan, professor emeritus of ethnic and women's studies at Cal Poly Pomona, with his books on Mexican American Baseball at the El Monte Public Library on Saturday, July 21, 2012 in El Monte, Calif. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Keith Birmingham). Photo gallery: Mexican American Baseball In the Inland Empire Book Signing byAuthor Richard Santillan ... Co-authors of the second book are Mark Ocegueda and Terry Cannon. Cannon is the founder of the ...

Conversation with author leads to surprisingly pleasant read
Auburn Citizen
It is fun putting a face to the books you have been selling and meeting everyone, but in essence, the authors are there to sell bookstores their newest book. John Green was not the regularauthor sitting behind a table giving you a book and a smile while you ...

The Beer Nut tours New England in new book
MetroWest Daily News
And, that expansive relationship led to his nationally syndicated column and popular blog, "The Beer Nut," hosted by the Daily News and GateHouse Media. Now Miller has recently published his first book, "Beer Lover's New England." What this book offers in ...

Q&A: Southern voice Carolyn Haines, author of 'Bonefire of the Vanities'
Alexandria Town Talk
A Mississippi native who has written more than 60 books and was the 2010 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing and the 2009 recipient of the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence has a new book out. Hattiesburg native Carolyn ...

Visiting author Goolrick on books — good and gift-worthy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Robert Goolrick, author of "Heading Out to Wonderful," will be at Next Chapter Bookshop on Aug. 1. ... Robert Goolrick lives in Virginia, and his new novel, "Heading Out to Wonderful" (AlgonquinBooks, $24.95) is set there, but he's no stranger to Wisconsin. ... A book you'd like to argue with. "Freedom," by Jonathan Franzen. Enough said. A book you never finished: "War and Peace" - I love the Russians and find "Anna Karenina" to be one of the two or three perfect novels. But Tolstoy defeated me here. I did read all of ...

Words of Mormons: Authors aim to show LDS beliefs
Daily Herald
At the end of June, Deseret Book through its Ensign Peak imprint published "Mormons: An OpenBook -- What You Really Want to Know" by longtime LDS religious educator Anthony Sweat. And in September, Cedar Fort will publish "An American, a Mormon, ...

Book Review: Bohjalian does it again with `Sandcastle Girls'
The Morning Sun
The prolific and captivating Chris Bohjalian has done it all — again — with his 15th book, “The Sandcastle Girls.” Readers will recognize the author from his best-selling “Midwives,” which caught Oprah Winfrey's attention in 1998. This time, it's 1915 and, again ...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
USA TODAY
By Rachel Joyce Publisher: Random House. Comments. Tweet ... Pilgrimage, one of the 12 novels just long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Britain's top literary award, is a gentle adventure with an emotional wallop. It's a smart, feel-good story that doesn't feel ...

Bangladesh writer transcended literary border
Khabar South Asia
Publishers made a beeline to get him signed for a book contract long before the month-long Ekushey Book Fair, held each year in Dhaka, because his booksguaranteed huge sales. He was perhaps the only writer in South Asia to own a ranch. He also built a ...

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Book review: “Politics, Money and Drugs”
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City attorney and author Jerry Sokolosky offers a frightening view of a country caught in a lethal mix of “Politics Money and Drugs” (self-published, now in e-book only at Smash Words.com and Amazon.com for 99 cents). BY KAY DYER | Published: ...

Evolution's Witness: book review - The Panda's Thumb
By Matt Young
If you find any of those facts interesting, then you must read the new book, Evolution's Witness: How Eyes Evolved, by Ivan Schwab, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of California at Irvine. It is a wonderful book, ... Many of the photographs, I suspect, were taken by the authoror other people in his own lab, but others were contributed by surprisingly many researchers worldwide. There is .... Being the product of many authors, nearly every chapter is the product of an expert.
The Panda's Thumb

Great Summer Reading- Two Brilliant Books - Dan's Wild Wild ...
Richard Dawkins has produced a fantastically illustrated book for young adults called the Magic of Reality. I say young adults, but I certainly enjoyed it. It's a must read for those who have little or no science background, because it does the one ...
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UK writer Ewan Morrison, Authors Guild President Scott Turow decry ...
By Chris Meadows
At least one contemporary British author thinks so. ... Morrison sees self-publishing, book piracy, rampant e-tailer discounting, free writing online, and the “free culture” movement as killing off traditional writing and publishing. ... [Writers' Union of Canada chair Merilyn Simonds] asked after a recent Supreme Court decision that extended the rights of educators to photocopy bookswithout compensating writers. .... Publish: 1. to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic ..." ...
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Black List Author Brad Thor Reacts to Glenn Beck's Restoring Love ...
By Jason Howerton
Exclusive Live & On Demand Coverage of Restoring Love Available Now on GBTV Plus – Click for Details. -- New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor was among the tens of thousands of people who traveled to Dallas this week for Glenn ...
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VIDEO: Birdman Talks Transitioning From Books To Movies With ...
By Seandra Sims
All ballers know that they need to “diversify their bonds” – and in recent years, Birdman has extended his brand into books via the Cash Money Content company. A quick riser in the Urban Fiction lane, Cash Money Content is home to authors ...
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pattinase: How I Came to Write This Book: Red Baker by Robert Ward
By pattinase (abbott)
This is Robert Ward, the author of Red Baker. Thanks for reminding people about my novel. I'm glad you couldn't put down. What i wanted to do was to write a deadly honest book about the real guys I knew in Baltimore and how they really ...
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nwhyte: July Books 27) Broadstairs: Heydays and Nowadays, by ...
By Nicholas
Staying overnight with cousins in Broadstairs, home of Charles Dickens and childhood home of Edward Heath; a pleasant and quiet resort town which is actually built around two sandy beaches on the edge of Kent. This book collects classic ...
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Flavorwire » 11 Thrilling Books For People Who Don't Read Thrillers
As an entry point, we've gathered some of our favorite recent literary thrillers here , for ... The full title of the book is People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a ... We're going to posit something: Emily St John Mandel is secretly a thriller author. ... It's the sort of “then-and-now” writing that very few authors can pull off without ...
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Book Review: The Dangers of Computer Hacking - Hack a Day
[John Knittel], a co-author thought I might find it amusing. The book, titled The Dangers of Computer Hacking, is a grade school level breakdown of, well, ...
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Move over, 'Twilight': Best-selling author of teen novels makes ...
Since finishing reading her first Judy Blume book, “Are You There God? ... Now on her 20th title, Noël has become one of the most popular authors in ... director for books, Filipino fans had the delight of meeting and greeting the author last ... got my first book deal,” said Noël, who has remained with the same publisher since ...
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25 publishers, 182 books compete in the 31st National Book Awards ...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics' Circle ( MCC) are gearing up to choose the best books published in 2011. ... Thus, literary works in the Ilocano language published from 2009 to 2011 will be accepted. ... authors of the best books published in the previous year, while the publisher with ...
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=832566...79

By the book -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and ...
In fact, when the younger sibling Destiny ran out of books to devour, she ... She was encouraged to publish her work by her cousin Lisa Lambert, who is also an author. ... Meanwhile, Sarah advised aspiring authors to get the advice of an adult ...
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Author Event: Jeffrey Toobin (Barnes & Noble) | union square ...
Author Event: Jeffrey Toobin (Barnes & Noble). Date: ... Description: Jeffrey Toobin is a staffwriter at The New Yorker and the senior legal analyst at CNN. ( Free ...
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