'Encyclopedia Brown' author Sobol dies at 87
Huffington Post
MIAMI — Donald J. Sobol, author of the popular "Encyclopedia Brown" series of children's mysteries, has died. He was 87. Sobol's son said Monday his father died in ... The books became staples in classrooms and libraries. They were translated into 12 ...
'Encyclopedia Brown' author dies at age 87
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
The book had puzzles on one side of the page and solutions on the other, and it occurred to him to write a mystery book in the same style. Since the publication of the first Encyclopedia Brown novel in 1963, the books have never been out of print and ...
'The 7 Habits' author Stephen Covey dies
Salt Lake Tribune
Stephen R. Covey, a former Brigham Young University business management professor who was catapulted to fame and fortune with the publication in 1989 of his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," has died, according to his daughter, Catherine ...
New webapp recommends books based on professional critiques
New York Daily News (blog)
An app called iDreamBooks has emerged as the newest tool among many to help readers choose the next book they should read. Admittedly, websites such as Goodreads already have recommendation tools based on readers' previous books. And there's ...
Book Review: `Ripper' is tense and terrifying
Huffington Post
Throw in a mix of Tom Clancy military-style action and "X-Files" sci-fi wizardry and the result is an explosive combination that features the author's immense imagination. It's difficult to ground such fantastic science and weirdness in reality, but ...
2 Books to Prepare You for The Dark Knight Rises
Wired News
The book is peppered with anecdotes and conversations with the people who designed and built these amazing vehicles. It's incredible to think about how large some of these vehicles were (the George Clooney Batmobile is 32 feet long!) and the incredible ...
Wired News
Books hitting the bestseller lists this week include Janet Evanovich's “Wicket ...
Washington Post (blog)
With temperate summer heat finally upon us, it's time to take a book to the beach or a park bench.... (Click on the author's name to be linked to Book World's review) ... The first of a British e-bookerotic trilogy that has become a publishing ...
Donald Sobol, author of beloved 'Encyclopedia Brown' children's mystery series ...
Washington Post
The books became staples in classrooms and libraries. They were translated into 12 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. John Sobol said his father's story was one of perseverance. His first Encyclopedia Brown book was turned down two-dozen ...
Encyclopedia Brown Author Donald J. Sobol Has Died - GalleyCat
mediabistro.com
Solutions to each case are printed in the back of the book, but readers are encouraged to solve the cases themselve, reading carefully, and using a variety of methods, including deductive reasoning, psychology, and careful observation of physical ...
Moon Travel Guides Offers Free eBooks to Democratic and Republican ...
San Francisco Chronicle
To encourage that ethic, the Berkeley-based publisher is offering free downloadableeBook copies of its Moon Charlotte and Moon Tampa & St. Petersburg guidebooks to attendees of the Republican and Democratic convention cities of Charlotte and Tampa.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bain not going away--Kucinich launching PAC--Bush 43 unveiling book ...
Politico
George W. Bush is also going to have a very public event tomorrow to help rollout an economic bookhe contributed to. With the second-quarter FEC reports all in, watch for a fresh round of stories about the money chase. With that in mind, here are five ...
Publishing Looks for S&M
Newsweek
Originally self-published in April, Bared to You was picked up a month later by BerkleyBooks and marketed as a Fifty Shades clone, down to its gray book jacket featuring a pair of cuff links and the tagline: “He possessed me and obsessed me.” Day ...
Newsweek
Ebooks To Be Released By HealthCompare To Help Educate American Health ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Ebooks have proven to be an excellent new way to reach consumers with the boom of the self-publishing industry. HealthCompare, a nationally recognized health insurance comparison site, intends to maximize their efforts to educate Americans on their ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Book Review: 'Ripper' is tense and terrifying
NECN
"Ripper: An Event Group Thriller" (Thomas Dunne Books), by David L. Golemon ... Throw in a mix of Tom Clancy military-style action and "X-Files" sci-fi wizardry and the result is an explosive combination that features the author's immense imagination.
Book Cover Clones: Why Do So Many Recent Novels Look Alike?
The Atlantic
There's a new fad in book jackets--and it might have something to do with e-readers. ... Examine a few more, like the assorted shorter works by Salmon Fishing In The Yemen author Paul Torday, and it would seem that this handicraft, homespun pattern is ...
Human chain moves library books in rural Utah
New York Daily News (blog)
The residents of Vernal, Ut., seem to really love the new Uintah County Library, an $8 million building erected to replace an antiquated predecesor built in 1958 (right), one that officials are hoping will serve as a "warehouse of books." But while the ...
Md. archivist at Smithsonian releases book with 3 CDs in commemoration of ...
Washington Post
The book's official publication date was Saturday, which was Guthrie's birthday. Place did the lion's share of work on “Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection,” though he had a co-author, Robert Santelli. The project was Santelli's idea ...
Stephen Covey, author of '7 Habits of Highly Effective People,' dies at 79
Deseret News
IDAHO FALLS — Popular author Stephen R. Covey, who gained fame with the bestselling book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died early Monday. Covey passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center at 2:15 a.m. due to "residual effect" of ...
Deseret News
Book Review: The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor
Blogcritics.org (blog)
I enjoyed Saylor's previous books (although admittedly I didn't read many) and was thrilled to be offered to read The Seven Wonders. The short stories ... Current fans of Gordianus will enjoy this book because the real story is the evolution of a loved ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
A Book Runs Through It
Truthdig
it's not often that we learn of books that have motivated people to act and it's even more out of the ordinary to hear of three such books at the same time—and how they each played a role in the same public event. - 2012/07/16.
Truthdig
Book Review: C# 5.0 in a Nutshell
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The authors have a great writing style which makes the book a very enjoyable read. You can read this cover to cover, or use ... The author's do a great job of explaining how it works and thoroughly covering all the features. Another part of this book I ...
How to Be a Currency Trader Book by Warren Seah Arrives on Amazon's Kindle
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The book has also compiled a list of trading tools and resources that the authorpersonally used in trading this approach. Readers also get access to a special four video “How to be a Currency Trader” series that will show them even more practical ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Brazil's solution to prison overcrowding: time off for reading books
Christian Science Monitor
Brazil's solution to prison overcrowding: time off for reading books ... Tweet. 0 StumbleUpon E-mail. • A version of this post ran on the author's blog, Riogringa. The views expressed are the author's own. Skip to next paragraph. In Pictures: Brazil ...
The Power of Persistence: Author Norb Vonnegut
Forbes
There's a high likelihood that this will be my friend, author Norb Vonnegut's breakout week. His third novel, “The Trust” comes out tomorrow and was positively reviewed by Janet Maslin in The New York Times yesterday. While “The Trust” is a terrific ...
Forbes
Hundreds form a human chain in Vernal to move 50000 library books
Deseret News
VERNAL — An estimated 300 volunteers turned out Saturday to help move 50000 books from the old Uintah County Library into the new one. And they did it all by hand, forming a human chain that tookbook after book after book from the shelves in one ...
Replacing ILL with temporary leases of ebooks
OUPblog (blog)
Staff at the borrowing library receive the PDF or the URL, check it in to the ILL system, and generate a notice to the student that her e-book has arrived. The student logs in to access the e-book. There are fewer steps, but ... He writes and speaks ...
OUPblog (blog)
New NOOK(R) Customers Will Receive Free Collection of Bestselling Teen ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The latest collection of titles, available July 16 through August 5, is specially designed for readers ages 12 and up and features the following bestsellers by popular authors: -- Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz. -- Angel Burn by L. A. ... The next ...
Free PHP and Oracle Book | MacLochlainns Weblog
By maclochlainn
Chris Jones (an Oracle Open Source Product Manager) and Alison Holloway (an Oracle Senior Product Manager) write and maintain this book. It's a great place to start if you're migrating to Oracle Database 11g from MySQL. Written by ...
MacLochlainns Weblog
Two Great Books on Making Money, Part 1 (Free Money Finance)
By NA
There are two things regarding books that I very rarely do these days: 1) purchase one (most books I either get from the library or have publishers send me for free) and 2) read a hard-copy version (I either skim the book for highlights -- which I ...
Free Money Finance
Part 2: How to Publish Your Ebook (Preparing and Producing ...
By Paul Biba
From Digireado: The training workshops How to Publish Your Ebook are a series of two-hour workshops made available by The Australian Society of. ... TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics. HOME| · AROUND THE ... Last week Joel Naoum, Publisher, Momentum Books, Pan Macmillan's digital-only imprint, presented Part 1: The growing market foreBooks and recent developments. You can read about ... ePUB is the best option for your book .
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
"Fuel on the Fire": Author Greg Muttit on Oil and Politics in Occupied ...
By mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
We're joined by Greg Muttitt, whose new book, "Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq," takes a close look at how energy interests played a crucial role in the U.S. invasion. "They created a disaster because there were constantly ...
Democracy Now!
LOOK BOOK: Guess by Marciano Holiday 2012 : Celebrities in ...
By Lorna, Editor
Here is the third and final part of the new Guess Holiday 2012 Look Books. This one features the Marciano collection for the ladies and it showcases some really classic statement pieces for evening wear. They have a gorgeous print which is ...
Celebrities in Designer Jeans...
RORATE CÆLI: Book suggestions for summer
By New Catholic
Book suggestions for summer. - Do you pray to Angels? - My God, yes,... certainly. - We do not pray to Angels often enough. They frighten the theologians, like those ancient heresies from the East, a nervous fear, indeed! The world is filled with Angels. ... In the voice of the old and experienced priest, Bernanos saw clearly through the fog of modern theology, that often (mostly) hides imbecility, or worse, under the appearance of literary-inspired rhetoric -- as well as the emptiness of most ...
RORATE CÆLI
Top 10 Books for Writers You Need to Read Now
By guest
These top 10 books for writers will inspire you and enhance your writing - from boosting creativity to strengthening weak writing. ... And I couldn't help but notice a great number of writing reference books I have accumulated over the years.
Write to Done
Book Blogger Confessions-Do We “Owe” Publishers – For the Geek ...
By Julie
This Week's Question: What do we owe publishers and authors? If we accept ARC's do we “owe” anything to them or just an honest review to our followers? As book bloggers are we obligated to do more than just review books? Post covers ...
Manga Maniac Cafe
Announcing My New Book | C.C. Chapman
By C.C. Chapman
At 11 am I sent out the announcement that my next book is called Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness and that it was now available to pre-order. I wanted to watch how (and if) it would ...
C.C. Chapman
How Books Make Us Feel, Written in Giant Book ... - FlavorwireHachette Australia has beautifully illustrated books' impact in a new video where a warehouse ...
www.flavorwire.com/.../video-of-the-day-how-books-make-us...
'Encyclopedia Brown' author Sobol dies at 87 - Yahoo! News
News: Donald J. Sobol, author of the popular "Encyclopedia Brown" series of children's mysteries, has died. ... The books became staples in classrooms and libraries. ... His first Encyclopedia Brownbook was turned down two-dozen times before it was finally published. ... Publisher: Here's cover of new J.K. Rowling novel ...
news.yahoo.com/encyclopedia-brown-author-sobol-dies-87-1...
Lit Life: A Q&A with cyclist/author Mike McQuaide, '75 Classic Rides ...
Mike McQuaide, author of the new book "75 Classic Rides Washington: The Best Road ... If you look at the maps in my books, it's very easy to say, I don't want to do the ... The latest bookreviews, author interviews, and local literary events.
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/.../2018683311_litlife16.html...
Books - Pinterest
This is so cool!! Type in a book or author you like and it will give you a list of similar books/authorsthat you may enjoy. 2 repins. whatshouldireadnext.com ...
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How Customers Benefit from the e-Reader Wars at Target
Good E-Reader (blog)
In October of 2011, Target entered into a relationship with Barnes and Noble to distribute the Nook line of e-readers and tablets. This was a savvy move for B&N because it took the Nook line outside of B&N's own stores, so more companies in the USA ...
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