Your Brain on E-Books and Smartphone Apps

Your Brain on E-Books and Smartphone Apps
New York Times (blog)
Last week, my brain played a cruel trick on me. While waiting for my flight to take off, I was reading The New Yorker, the paper version, of course — I know the rules. I became engrossed in an article and swiped my finger down the glossy page to read ...

New York Times (blog)

Banned Books Week begins 30th year today
Alamogordo Daily News
The Alamogordo Public Library will celebrate BBW with its annual Costume Gala, from 3-6 p.m. Wednesday. Come dressed as a character from a banned book, or not. A list of Banned Books is available online at the ALA website, www.ala.org/bbooks, or at ...

Weekend picks for book lovers
USA TODAY
2012 - What should you read this weekend? Here are a few suggestions from USA TODAY's bookstaff. Love Anthony by Lisa Genova; Gallery Books, 309 pp., $26; fiction. Lisa Genova's novels ring true. A neuroscientist who worked in research before trying ...

Books: New and Noteworthy
USA TODAY
Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Total Recall' is certain to generate a lot of talk; Other notable books: 'Live by Night,' 'The Round House,' 'The End of Your Life Book Club'. 1:37PM EST September 29. 2012 - We scope out the hottest books on sale the week of Sept.

Author of guerrilla warfare books to aid NY group
Wall Street Journal
SCHROON LAKE, N.Y. — An author of a series of books on backwoods guerrilla warfare on the New York frontier during the French and Indian War is coming to the aid of his hometown historians. Bob Bearor and his wife Holly are presenting a historical ...

Schwarzenegger book 'recalls' run for governor
TheReporter.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his ...

Book embargoes create buzz, leaks
Bend Bulletin
Thursday was the release date for the first book for adults written by the empress of Hogwarts. Reviews were embargoed until 1 a.m. and book sales until 3 a.m. Since Rowling's Harry Potterbooks have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide, the ...

Book Reviews: 'Live by Night' by Dennis Lehane and 'Sutton' by J.R. Moehringer
New York Daily News
Book Reviews: 'Live by Night' by Dennis Lehane and 'Sutton' by J.R. Moehringer. Also: 'The Jewels of Paradise' by Donna Leon, 'Goldberg Variations' by Susan Isaacs, and 'The End of Your Life Book Club' by William Schwalbe. By Sherryl Connelly / NEW ...

New York Daily News

Schwarzenegger opens up, admits affairs in new book
USA TODAY
The former governor says in the book that he had decided against running to recall Gov. Gray Davis after his wife implored him not to for the sake of their family. Maria Shriver announced his decision to their four children. But he writes that when ...

7 books about the Supreme Court
Boston Globe
His latest book, the buzz-worthy “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” (Doubleday, 2012) takes us from Chief Justice John Roberts' flubbed oath of office at Obama's inaugural to when Roberts sided, shockingly, with the court's four ...

Boston Globe

Daily Local News - Book News
LATEST NEWS; Local Wrap: Zaki captures third straight tennis. ... Publisher Barricade Books of Fort Lee, N.J., announced the book will be available through ...
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Natick's rabbi asks profound question in new book - News - Boston ...
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — Reviving an argument from the Hebrew Bible, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner is seeking an answer to the timeless question Job posed to God: ...
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Latest Japan Book News Online | Junbungaku
The latest and always excellent issue of Japan Book News is online and worth checking out for their detailed English summaries of recent books. It covers a lot ...
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Brigitte Nielsen affair claims part of Arnold Schwarzenegger book, 'Total Recall'
ABC7Chicago.com
September 30, 2012 (LOS ANGELES) -- rnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened ...

'Spillover': Deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans
The Seattle Times
'Spillover': Deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans. Book review: In "Spillover," acclaimed science writer David Quammen tells the frightening story of diseases that jump from animals to humans. Quammen will discuss his book Oct. 9 at Town ...

Topeka neighbors set up boxes to exchange books
Sacramento Bee
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Residents in two Topeka neighborhoods are checking out books at Little Free Libraries. It's part of a national project to promote literacy by installing small boxes in people's yards that neighbors can use to take or donate books - all ...

Vt. authors to read from banned or censored books
Boston.com
In Vermont, readers including poet, playwright and author David Budbill, writer and storyteller Willem Lange of East Montpelier, and author Katherine Paterson of Barre will read from banned or censored works on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Christ ...

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite eBook Reader – It's offering a lot in lesser price
PC-Tablet
The eBook reader boasts of an 8 week battery life even after the lights are on. The Kindle paper whiteeBook reader has 1100 books in its memory and a built in Wi-Fi lets you download any book within 60 seconds. Users can also use the new Time to Read ...

Wigtown Book Festival 2012: a literary rabbit and a talent contest for all
Telegraph.co.uk
But in 1999 the town was awarded the title of 'Scotland's national book town'. The badge has been instrumental in the regeneration of the area and Wigtown has now become, with the help of the book festival which began in the same year, a firmly ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Kill your idols
Chicago Tribune
Try putting that into book form. And so it was, to a degree, with Jarnow and Yo La Tengo. His first mission wasn't reporting — it was protecting his own fandom. "I wanted to seal it off in a vault," he said. "I didn't want to dig into the band so ...

Chicago Tribune

Book excerpt: Borje Salming took nearly 300 stitches in face when it was ...
Detroit Free Press
An excerpt from “Hockeytown Doc: A Half-century of Red Wings Stories from Howe to Yzerman,” a new book by Dr. John Finley, team physician from 1957-2003. Toronto defenseman Borje Salming woke up in a Detroit hotel room and was nearly moved to ...

Natick's rabbi asks profound question in new book
Boston Herald
NATICK — Reviving an argument from the Hebrew Bible, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner is seeking an answer to the timeless question Job posed to God: Why must the innocent suffer? In his soon-to-be published "The Book of Job," the rabbi laureate at Temple ...

In Sunlight and In Shadow
USA TODAY
(Nearly every character speaks in the same voice as the author, too, a sure sign of a bad novel; anyone who wishes to observe genius at first hand should listen for the subtly different registers of speech in the dialogue of, for example, Jane Austen ...

Book collector selling first-edition Bond series
New York Post
The woman claimed she had worked as “char lady,” or maid, for the famous British author, who gave the book to her as a gift after its publication in 1953. Intrigued, Hirschhorn offered Fleming's maid 1,000 pounds, or $1,600, for the rare ... The book ...

New York Post

Silver City author M. John Fayhee goes on tour
Desertexposure
Actually, quite literally two, as the Silver City-based author has just had published two books at once — The Colorado Mountain Companion, a uniquely engaging collection of "useful miscellany from the highest parts of the highest state," as the ...

David Sibley: Birder and author shares his experiences during Eastern Shore ...
Daily Press (blog)
David Sibley, author of Sibley guides to birding, shares some of his birding experiences during a 7 p.m. Oct. 5 program at the Eastern Shore Birding & Wildlife Festival ... http://www.esvafestivals.org/. Your funniest birding story? Well, one funny ...

Authors, readers converge at book festival
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Earlier in the day, what seemed like more than 100 little girls in frilly dresses accompanied by parents and grandparents attended an afternoon tea at the Holiday Inn with author Lisa Yee, who wrote the Kanani books in the American Girl series. Allison ...

Rock of pages
Chicago Tribune
The 33 1/3 series launched in September 2003 with six books across a relatively narrow spectrum, mostly white rock artists and their albums released between 1969 and 1985: Dusty Springfield, Love, Neil Young, The Kinks, The Smiths and Pink Floyd. In ...

Chicago Tribune

After 35 years, 'Fatal Vision' author, killer meet again
CNN
"He looked like a shadow," McGinniss said of MacDonald, now 68, who some believe the author betrayed for his 1983 best-selling book "Fatal Vision." "He has a pallor, there was no substance to him," McGinniss continued. "I guess many years in prison can ...

'May We Be Forgiven' delivers satiric view of toxic family
Detroit Free Press
Alexandra Horowitz: Author of “Inside of a Dog — What Dogs See, Smell and Know” will discuss her book at event presented by the Michigan Humane Society and the Animals and Society Institute, 7 p.m. Thu. Shriners Silver Garden Events Center, 24350 ...

Pilot's book could just fly off the shelves
Times Record News
O'Connor, now a T-38 simulator instructor pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing, wrote a bookabout his experience flying the F-117 during the Kosovo War in 1999. ABOVE: An F-117A is shown on initial takeoff from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

History book a labor of love
Plattsburgh Press Republican
TUPPER LAKE — Heartfelt memories of happy childhood days prompted Carol Payment Poole to publish a book about her hometown, Tupper Lake Junction. “Rising from the Swamp” chronicles the founding families of “The Junction,” also known as Faust.

American Author Praises Iranian President's "Worthwhile Public Diplomacy"
Fars News Agency
Lawrence Davidson, a renowned American author, political commentator and professor of history at the West Chester University was one of those who had the opportunity to meet President Ahmadinejad in New York's Hotel Warwick. "My impression of ...

Fars News Agency

Book on Johns' murder mostly succeeds
Springfield News-Leader
Stories that I've covered rarely end up the subject of books, so I wasted no time picking up a copy of “Murder on a Lonely Road” after it was released Sept. 4. The book, written by a pair of investigative reporters in Belleville, Ill., covers the ...

Book Review | San Miguel: Lonely island existence takes its toll
Columbus Dispatch
Boyle, who has written 23 books, has an extraordinary gift for putting himself into the minds of women — particularly those dragged along in the wake of men whose desires and ambitions don't leave room for theirs. Boyle is known for his sharp ironies ...

Columbus Dispatch

Vitriolic Book About Kate Gosselin Written By Jon's Pal Removed ...
Amazon has removed from sale a shockingly vitriolic book about Kate Gosselin after legal intervention by two top law firms, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively. Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled The World, an e-book written by Jon ...
Radar Online

New Book Says Eat Aliens « CBS Philly
By ATAtkins
Invasive species are a known problem and author Jackson Landers, a professional hunter and locovore, has a solution: eat them. ... New Book Suggests Expanding Your Diet – Eat Aliens. September 30, 2012 9:45 AM. 

Kickstarter Project For Book On How To Fund Kickstarter Projects ...
By Michael Arrington
He noticed, for example, how Apple is telling users to drive off a bridge. His most recent tweet – And sure enough, the project was cancelled due to lack of funding. Cubrilovic tells me he bookmarked the original post on BoingBoing by author…
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Sarah Palin's Father And Brother Write Book
By John Stegeman
Sarah Palin's father and brother want the world to see the former governor and vice presidential candidates through their eyes, so they've written a book. Our Sarah: Made in Alaska paints an intimate portrait of Alaska's first female governor.
The Inquisitr

Book Review: Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities ...
By Blog Admin
The author's ambit of segregation analysis is much wider than the standard European/US story of industrial cities and mass migration. His book contains a series of chapters starting with the European explorations of the Indian sub-continent ...
EUROPP

Fantasy Book Critic: Spotlight on October Books
By Liviu
Four More 2012 Books of Interest: Miles Cameron, E... PRESS RELEASE & BOOK NEWS: Snorri Kristjansson, Ja... Clean by Alex Hughes w/ Bonus Q&A with the author . .... There are more than twice as many new sff and related releases this month in traditional publishing not to speak of the countless indies from Amazon and Smashwords but we are limiting ourselves to books that will be reviewed here or are similar with such. For the full schedule of October 2012 titles known to us, ...
Fantasy Book Critic

IHeart Organizing: IHeart an Instagram Blurb Book & a GIVEAWAY!
By iheartorganizing
Once you can finally settle down, you need to hop on over to the Blurb website, sign up, use the Bookify book making tool to import your Instagram photos, enter INSTAHEART at checkout and a charming little memory book will be all yours! Discount offer valid through Wednesday, Oct 3rd, 2012 (11:59 p.m. local time). Offer covers up to US $19.95, EUR €17.95, AUD $21.95, or CAD $19.95 off your product total for books made by you. This offer is good for one-time use and cannot be ...
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6Mbs Event to be Held at WNY Book Arts Center on October 23 ...
By Buffalo Rising
Buffalo Architecture Foundation, Inc. (BAF) is organizing the second 6Mbs: 6 Minutes Building Stories to be hosted at Western New York Book Arts Center (WNYBAC) on October 23, 2012 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. ... Steve Cichon, WBEN News Director and Author of The Complete History of Parkside and Irv! Buffalo's Anchorman; Courtney Creenan, Design Team Member of Elevator B at Silo City; Chris Fritton, Studio Director at the Western New York Book Arts Center; Dennis Galucki, The...
Buffalo Rising

Learning F#: What books using other programming languages can ...
By Guy Coder
With this being such an effective method of learning, I plan to translate the code in more books to F#, but books primarily focused on functional concepts or real world applications typically known for being written with a functional language such as AI, compilers, Theorem Provers and ... I am looking for answers from people who have been doing functional programming for years and have found working through such a book a key to their success with functional programming. Examples ...
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Guardian review | Books | The Guardian
Simon Garfield: a life in books ... Critical eye: book reviews roundup ... Agatha Christie at her desk, between two piles of books In a long-lost ... Author M.J Hyland ...
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Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: New Books in September
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Framing Democracy: A ...Routledge Philosophers (book series edited by Brian Leiter) ...
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Books you should read before coming to Colombia (8 books)
8 books based on 1 votes: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Open ...Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion ...
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Best fiction books for a 13 year old girl? - Yahoo! Answers
Best fiction books for a 13 year old girl? I need a book for my book report. It can't be a book that became a movie and it has to be any kind of fiction. I need like a ...
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Amazon KDP Support: Should a novel include the author's ...
My books do too. Yet, professional authors do not do this, which is understandable. So my questions are: Does this make the book, and therefore the author, ...
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Interview: Henry Massie, Author of Felice's Worlds - seattlepi.com
Dr. Henry Massie, a psychiatrist who now resides in CA, is an award-winning author. He is also a pioneering researcher in the field of autism. His book Felice's ...
www.seattlepi.com/.../Interview-Henry-Massie-Author-of-Felic...

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Review: Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' weaves dark magic

Book review | Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' weaves dark magic
Kansas City Star
Rowling's first work for adults and first book not set in the Harry Potter universe stands on its own merits while maintaining its characteristic “Rowlingness” — her pacing and structure, her social conscience, her heart. “The Casual ... Rowling's ...

Kansas City Star

Writer behind Suri's Burn Book blog publishes book
CBS News
Not the real Suri Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, but the one written about in a snarky blog — and now book — "Suri's Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary From Hollywood's Little Sweetheart" (Running Press). Behind this fictional Suri, ...

John Travolta Triumphs Against Author of Bathhouse Sex Book
Hollywood.com
The days of John Travolta talking back to Mr. Kotter, dancing with Olivia Newton-John, and even facing off with Nicolas Cage might be behind him, but the longtime movie star has snagged another win. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Travolta has won ...

Hollywood.com

Book Review Podcast: The Great Disconnect
New York Times (blog)
In The New York Times Book Review, Mark Lilla reviews “I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism” by Charles R. Kesler. Mr. Lilla writes that he needs help in understanding the conservative view of the president, whom he sees as “a ...

APNewsBreak: Schwarzenegger Book Mocks Karl Rove
NPR
Schwarzenegger, a Republican, also spoke about the book in an interview with "60 Minutes" scheduled to air Sunday, as the one-time "Mr. Universe" and Hollywood action star tries to rebrand himself and promote the memoir. CBS aired excerpts of the ...

Inspiration for 'No Easy Day' author is reissued
Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK -- A publishing house is reissuing a Navy SEAL novel set in Vietnam that helped inspireauthor Mark Owen of the best-selling "No Easy Day." St. Martin's ... The book, based on Wentz's experiences in Vietnam, was first released in 1992. "No ...

Book Review: Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Last week, a cook book was released that celebrates these best loved home cooked dishes along with the people that make them come to life. The Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes features 1,485 recipes that represent the best of the best recipes that have ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Book review: 'The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories,'
Dallas Morning News
But The Book of Mischief ought to introduce newcomers to a dazzling stylist who has published 12 books since 1983, when Isaac and the Undertaker's Daughter debuted to acclaim. Stern's latest volume consists of six new stories and 11 recycled ones.

Dallas Morning News

Book review: 'Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad,' by David W. Lesch
Dallas Morning News
In his 2005 book about Bashar al-Assad, The New Lion of Damascus, Trinity University professor David W. Lesch gave the young ruler of Syria the benefit of the doubt, engaging in what Lesch today admits was wishful thinking. He had hoped that Bashar...

Dallas Morning News

Amazon Best Selling Author Takes More Awards from both Pinnacle and ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
28, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips by award winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it has taken two awards - one from Readers Favorites and one from the 2012 NABE Pinnacle ...

Book Review: Pete Townshend's 'Who I Am' Could Be the Most Conflicted Rock ...
RollingStone.com
Throughout the book, Townshend makes himself uncomfortably vulnerable, especially in his deeply saddening memories of childhood sexual abuse. He sees those early years as emblematic of his postwar English generation, left parentless, at the mercy of ...

RollingStone.com

How author Adam Mansbach and Samuel L. Jackson reunited to 'Wake the Fk Up'
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Mansbach, who has two novels coming out in 2013 and a film adaptation of his Sleep best-seller in the works, had never met Jackson in person before, so he was excited to finally shake hands with the man who helped propel his book to the top of the ...

Byrd staffer writes book about late US senator
NECN
Robert C. Byrd is well known and for the most part, well respected within the state, and the author of a new book about Byrd is hoping to foster understanding of the senator's role on the national stage. David Corbin has a unique and very personal ...

Save Us
New York Times
They live in the Jewish ghettos of the Lower East Side and, especially, the Pinch District of Memphis — the setting of much of Stern's nine previous books of adult fiction. The grown-ups work as butchers or mohels and struggle to maintain their ...

Jimmy Hoffa Search: Tipster's Story 'Doesn't Make Sense,' Author Says
ABC News
"I can't imagine this going anywhere," Dan Moldea, author of the book "The Hoffa Wars," told ABC News in an interview Thursday afternoon. According to Moldea, the person who triggered this week's search in Michigan contacted him as far back as March 30.

ABC News

Writers gather, share volumes at Festival of Books
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Yee, author of such books as “Millicent Min, Girl Genius” and the American Girl's Kanani books, is from Pasadena, Calf., and her visit to the book festival is her first trip to South Dakota. “I'm very excited,” she said of participating in the festival ...

This Week's 5 Must-Read Stories From NPR Books
NPR
And for our series PG-13: Risky Reads, author Elissa Schappell wrote this essay about a time in her life where all she wanted were the "sexy bits" out of romance novels. She liked books "whose covers featured beautiful wild-haired maidens, heaving...

NPR

Tanner's book exposes depth of discontent
The Australian Financial Review
Whatever might be said of the motives for former finance minister Lindsay Tanner's decision to write a book raking over the coals of the demise of Kevin Rudd's prime ministership, he has highlighted one deep and destructive flaw in Australian politics.

Book Review: The Art Book: New Addition, Edited by Various
Blogcritics.org (blog)
All of which explains why I'm a big fan of Phaidon Press' The Art Book: New Edition scheduled for release October 1 2012. Containing over 600 full colour reproductions, thebook offers readers an opportunity to experience art from the Medieval period ...

Blogcritics.org (blog)

Book review | 'Familiar' asks: Can life change in a parallel world?
Kansas City Star
In a recent interview with the literary magazine Unstuck, Lennon described the book as “a horror novel about parenthood,” and the shock of unfamiliar circumstances is ultimately overridden by Elisa's fear that she is destined to fail as a parent no ...

Kansas City Star

Wyclef Jean brings 'Purpose' book tour to Miami
Sacramento Bee
He's scheduled to discuss the book and perform Friday night at Miami Dade College. The book focuses on Jean's childhood in Haiti and his development as a musician after immigrating to the U.S. That musical development included an extramarital affair ...

Catching Up With The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author Stephen Chbosky
Paste Magazine
After crafting a truly beautiful film filled with visceral images and a stellar soundtrack, Stephen Chbosky sat down with Paste to talk about music, its role in both the book and the film and what audiences can expect from the film, which hits theaters ...

Paste Magazine

Three books capture Cowboys history
Dallas Morning News
Eisenberg, who grew up in Texas in the 1960s while the Cowboys and Texans were in the midst of their PR war, is the author of a superb book on Vince Lombardi, That First Season. He is a masterful reporter with a sharp eye for a dramatic twist: His ...

Dallas Morning News

National Book Foundation honors five young authors
New York Daily News (blog)
12 event will mark the start of the National Book awards week, and will be hosted by Neko Case. Anya Ulinich and Alino Simone will speak with the authors, and poet and photographer Thomas Sayers Ellis will DJ. With support from Amazon, the foundation ...

Jon Gosselin insider accuses Kate Gosselin of beating kids in new book
Examiner.com
In a new tell-all book written by a journalist friend close to Jon Gosselin, accusations of severe spankings with wooden spoons and diary exposés are revealed as news about the pending book was revealed on Friday. Robert Hoffman, the journalist and ...

Examiner.com

Leeds history book to be released in October
al.com (blog)
Hall said the book was an excellent way for her to share years of researching her hometown. She is the archivist of the Leeds Historical Society, but she also is the Leeds Scenic Byway executive director, and an active member of the St. Clair County...

al.com (blog)

Google ad service bans author for linking to self-published book on ...
By RT
An author was banned from Google's advertising program for using Bittorrent to distribute his book for free, and for linking to the torrents on his site. Though he removed the offending links, Google refused to rescind the ban.
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John Travolta Triumphs Against Author of 'Bathhouse Sex' Book - TMZ
By TMZ Staff
John Travolta just won a big legal victory against the author of a book who claims the actor frequented gay bathhouses ... TMZ has learned. You'll recall, Travolta was sued for libel by Robert Randolph -- the author of "You'll Never Spa in This ...
TMZ.com

Google disables ads on author's website for torrenting his own book ...
By Matthew Humphries
The site is home to his book on Python programming called Learn to Program with Python, which he offers in a range of formats (paperback and e-book) for you to purchase, but he also offers the bookfor free. In order to get his book read by ...
Geek.com

Bestselling author talks of his career
By Debby Knox
John Green is getting noticed. Between his 1.2 million followers on Twitter, his loyal fans who show up for his book signings, and his New York Times bestselling books, he's a rock star in the world of authors.
News | WISH TV

This Week In Photography Books – Xu Yong
By Jonathan Blaustein
Father, or not, though, I was totally engrossed with “This Face,” a new book by Chinese artist Xu Yong, recently published by Editions Bessard. It's a nice follow up to last week's book, as these images also meditate on the the intersection of ...
A Photo Editor

'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Author To Sign Copies At The Grove Friday ...
By Lauren
'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Author To Sign Copies At The Grove Friday Night. September 28, 2012 10:20 AM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity. What's this? Add to Timeline - What's This. Click "Log in" to publish what you ...
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TED Blog | On our reading list: Nate Silver's new book The Signal ...
By Kate Torgovnick
In his new book, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Don't, Silver explains the “prediction paradox”—that it is only by adopting a true appreciation for uncertainty that one can form a more accurate picture of how ...
TED Blog

Google Disables Ads Because Author Torrents Free Book ...
By Rollin Bishop
Jackson published the book himself, and has been offering it for free, with his monetary compensation being mostly donations and whatever Google AdSense ads could drum up. Techdirt explains what happened when Google cut off his ads: ...
Geekosystem

The Daily Illini :: Rowling should close the book on Potter
By Ryan Weber
On the eve of the Thursday release of her newest book, “The Casual Vacancy,” J.K. Rowling suggested in an interview with BBC that she might revisit the idea of writing more about Potter. For me, all was not well.
The Daily Illini

Indian Filmmakers Option Book 'Spy Princess: The Life of Noor ...
By Nyay Bhushan
Film rights to the real-life spy thriller by author Shrabani Basu have been acquired by LA-Mumbai based filmmakers Zafar Hai and Tabrez Noorani, who was line producer on “Slumdog Millionaire.”
International

John Travolta Wins Legal Battle With Author Who Claims Actor ...
John Travolta has won victory in a libel case over brought against him by author Robert Randolph, who wrote a book claiming the 'Grease' star frequented “gay bathhouses”.
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Guardian review | Books | The Guardian
What is creative non-fiction? Should factual books use literary techniques? Writers on subjects ranging from the Red Cross to whales to India reflect on their ...
www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/sep/.../guardianreview

APNewsBreak: Schwarzenegger book mocks Karl Rove - Yahoo ...
Publish your own activity and retain full control. ... obtained Friday by The Associated Press in advance of the book's release, it turned out to be an awkward visit.
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Exclusive extract of Gerrard's book - Liverpool FC
Now available in hardback and e-book form, My Liverpool Story is a stunning photographic celebration of Gerrard's Anfield career, complete with more than 150 ...
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Best books for intelligence analysts (5 books)
5 books based on 1 votes: Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems by ...Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion ...
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Writer behind Suri's Burn Book blog publishes book - SFGate
This Sept. 25, 2012 photo shows author and blogger Allie Hagan in New York. ... a book, "Suri's Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood's Little ...
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Books banned in Texas public schools, 2011-2012
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Five books were banned from middle and high schools: •”Num8ers” by Rachel Ward was banned from Spring Branch Middle School because of profanity. Ward's book is about a girl who is able to intuit the exact date people are going to die. •”Dash and Lily's ...

Word on the street: mobile libraries bring books to underserved populations
New York Daily News (blog)
... population of Portland, Ore. Since proof of address is not necessary to check out books, manybooks don't get returned. For the librarians, the return of readers eager for more things to read is as much a cause for celebration as the return of a ...

JK Rowling's new book: Gritty and darkly humorous
Christian Science Monitor
"I've had my books burnt," said the author, whose magical stories were condemned as Satanist by some Christian groups. "I've got quite a way to go to upset people that much with 'A Casual Vacancy.'" RECOMMENDED: 10 Fall fiction books you'll want to...

Christian Science Monitor

Sandusky Victim Has Book Deal
ESPN
... as inappropriate. Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 27, 2012 by ESPN. ESPN senior writer Don Van Natta reacts to the book deal for a victim, from the Jerry Sandusky as well as what it means for ...

"Harry Potter" author's new book now in stores
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Put Down Your E-Reader: This Book Is Better In Print
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Gillian Cross' new retelling of Homer's The Odyssey is aimed at kids 8 and up, and like many children's books, it's brightly colored and beautifully illustrated. But the artwork in this book — illustrated by Neil Packer — seems sophisticated for a ...

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Irving Adler, Author of Science and Math Books for the Young, Dies at 99
New York Times
A Book of Reasons” (1961), Mr. Adler answers simple questions like “Why don't the fish freeze when the pond freezes?” and “Why can a fly walk on the ceiling?” Mr. Adler's books have sold over 4 million copies and been translated into 19 languages.

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Book examines difficulties of coming out to kin in the Bible Belt
Kansas City Star
Barton, a professor of sociology and women's studies at Morehead State University uses pseudonyms for the people and town in her book, but her small town of "Thomasville" sounds much like Winchester, Ky., where she lives. The question she tries to ...

Book Burdening
New York Times
I recently started reading a wonderful and compelling book about sports. Before I finished it, I bought a copy and gave it to my 14-year-old nephew. As I got further into the book, I came upon a homosexual relationship that I thought might not be ...

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Book author's suit against John Travolta dismissed
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Robert Randolph alleged the actor frequented gay bathhouses in the book and then sued Travolta and his lawyer, claiming they attempted to discredit him and his book by spreading media lies about the author's mental health. The dispute stemmed from the ...

Book News: Mitt's Haikus, Romancing Readers : The New Yorker
By Rachel Arons
An extensive collection of works by Hemingway has been donated to the University of South Carolina. Nick Morgan explains how Harlequin, which hosts a “Pajama Party” every year at the Romance Writers of America conference, is an ...
Culture Desk

First look at J.K. Rowling's new book 'The ... - New York Daily News
In her first adult novel, “The Casual Vacancy,” which the Daily News obtained ... J.K.Rowling, famous for writing the kid's books about Harry Potter, has a book ...
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Book Review: 'The Casual Vacancy' by JK Rowling

Book Review: 'The Casual Vacancy' by JK Rowling
New York Times
With J. K. Rowling's new novel, “The Casual Vacancy,” we are firmly in Muggle-land — about as far from the enchanted world of Harry Potter as we can get. There is no magic in this book — in terms of wizarding or in terms of narrative sorcery. Instead ...

Book details child's view of Cambodia killing fields
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NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A seven-year old child is torn from a secure and happy life when the Khmer Rouge come to power in Cambodia in 1975 and send her privileged family into the misery of hard labor as the new regime destroys the established ...

Victim 1 in Jerry Sandusky trial has book deal
Sacramento Bee
Victim 1 first alerted authorities in 2008 that he had been abused and helped launch the investigation leading to Sandusky's conviction in June on 45 counts of child sexual abuse. Now 18, Victim 1 will reveal his identity on the day of the book's ...

Eric Gagne's career ended with a failed spring training tryout for the Dodgers ...
CBSSports.com (blog)
Sure, that's right. Eric Gagne says in his book that he used HGH toward the end of his career. Right, he used performance-enhancing drugs when he stunk, not when he saved 84 straight games, not when he won a Cy Young Award and allowed 37 hits and...

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In praise of 'One Book, One Chicago'
WBEZ (blog)
The purpose of One Book, One Chicago is not just to generate a list of worthwhile books. It's real purpose is to share ideas and encourage debate and dialogue through seminars and presentations. But for me the best part of it has been the innumerable ...

Class, today's word is irony
Chicago Tribune
In my own library each year, we celebrate Banned Books Week with a showy shelf display and signs encouraging students to check out a "banned book." In doing so, I trick students into reading my favorite classics, like "Native Son," "The Color Purple ...

Rachel Carson's book turned the environmental world on its ear 50 years ago
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was published 50 years ago today, and, like few others, the bookabout the dangers, damage and risks of excessive pesticide use moved the world. One of the most influential and controversial books of the 20th century, it ...

Domtar partners with First Book to support literacy for children in need
Sacramento Bee
MONTREAL, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today announced that it is teaming up with the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization First Bookto put over 20,000 new books in the hands of children in need ...

Barnes & Noble launches new tablets in e-books fight
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The largest U.S. bookstore chain has staked its future on success in the growing e-books industry in the face of declining sales of physical books that last year led to the bankruptcy of the Borders bookstore chain. Barnes & Noble introduced a $199 7 ...

Book-publisher Penguin Group files lawsuits against authors who skipped ...
New York Post
Book-publishing giant Penguin Group has filed a dozen lawsuits in the past week against authors who have failed to meet their deadlines, despite being paid big advances. The alleged deadbeat dozen include “Prozac Nation” author Elizabeth Wurtzel, New ...

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UFOs Are Real, Should Be Studied, Says Ex-Project Blue Book ...
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Robert Friend, a former director of the Air Force's nearly 20-year UFO study, Project Blue Book, says that science should continue looking into the mystery of flying saucers. Friend ... The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community ...
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BIG book deal news & BIG giveaway | Chick Lit Is Not Dead
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BIG book deal news & BIG giveaway. by Liz. Are y'all sitting down? We've got news. BIG news. Our manuscript, The Toast, sold to Greer Hendricks at Atria Books! *jumps up and down and pees pants a little bit*. We signed with the fabulous ...
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Author Stephen Chbosky realizes dreams with 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' film
Examiner.com
Stephen Chbosky, who not only wrote and directed the dramedy “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” but also authored the book on which it is based, considers working on the new movie the greatest artistic experience of his life. “The book is very personal ...

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How to Prep for the NY Art Book Fair
New Yorker (blog)
It's been a busy few days, with a lot of heavy-metal music, as Konrath and his colleagues at Pau Wau Publications printed, cut, and bound a collection of photobooks and zines to display at their booth this weekend. Above is a selection of photos from ...

New Yorker (blog)

Author Michael Morris: "Man in the Blue Moon"
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The highly praised Southern author returns with a new book that will vividly bring readers back to a time of hard-fought survival during the First World War. In Man in the Blue Moon, Ella Wallace's husband has left her and her three sons saddled with ...

Banned Books Week: Local Bookstores Support the 'Right to Read'
Patch.com
In the Tri-Valley, independent bookstores are showing their support through displays of these challenged books — some marked with caution tape, others noting when and why each book was banned. Pleasanton's Towne Center Books' display sits proudly in ...

Review: Eduardo Halfon's moving 'The Polish Boxer'
Los Angeles Times
In the closing pages of "The Polish Boxer," a book that willfully and delightfully blurs the boundaries among novel, memoir and meditation, Guatemalan writer Eduardo Halfon exposes what he, what anyauthor, is up against. "Literature," he explains, "is ...

Book Review: Insider knowledge leads to gripping story; Feingold's "While ...
Hudson Star Observer
Book Review: Insider knowledge leads to gripping story; Feingold's "While America Sleeps". White Bear Lake novelist Julie Kramer makes good use of her past experience as a news producer for NBC, CBS and WCCO-TV, which is only one reason she has ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'Pacific Time on Target'
Washington Times
The vast majority of veterans have departed the scene, and the author of this book is 99. I'm happy to report that he is still alive, well and living independently in South Florida. This book has been literally 70 years in the making. Christopher ...

Washington Times

The most important book you will ever read
New York Daily News (blog)
Humphrey, a graphic designer, and Sheppard, a writer/director who is also the drag star of the book, must have realized the futility of trying to scrap together a few phrases into a physical book, because the photographs look like they're trying really ...

Whitney Houston getting primetime special, greatest hits package, photo book
Entertainment Weekly
Finally, the month will wrap up with the release of Whitney: Tribute to an Icon, an official photo bookdue to hit bookstores on November 27. Part of the proceeds of the book, which is being put out by Atria, will support Teen Summit, one of Houston's ...

Wisconsin author wins new public-school alumni award
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
A new award the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has developed for "distinguished public-school alumni" from the state will be given to a well-known author from rural Wisconsin. Michael Perry, from New Auburn, is a humorist, musician and pig ...

Book Review: Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Jerusalem: The Biography is certainly splendidly written and meticulously researched—Montefiore paid for translations of certain historical materials—and Montefiore is a master of popular history, having established himself with books like Stalin ...

'May We Be Forgiven' Blames The Online World
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Two generations have passed since I'm OK, You're OK went from pop-psychology book title to a national feel-good catchphrase, and self-help books have convinced Americans that high self-esteem is a more noble trait than altruism and moral good. In a ...

Montclair author to discuss best-selling biography of David Foster Wallace ...
NorthJersey.com
Max, who is married and is a father of two young children who attend the Montclair Cooperative School, wrote the book at Panera Bread on Bloomfield Avenue and at the Montclair Public Library. "It was really fun and absorbing," Max said, "the most ...

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Book Review: Tracks in the Snow by Sandra H. Esch
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I appreciate the way the author took her time in developing her characters and the question of how she was going to put all the loose ends together at the end kept me reading. At times I found Jo too perfect and goodie-goodie, but in the end she wins ...

Ebook lending review announced
The Guardian
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian. Culture minister Ed Vaizey has announced a government review of ebook lending – a thorny issue that publishers believe could have "serious implications" for the book trade. To be led by publisher and Forward ...

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The Writing Life: Straight talk with Susan Straight
Los Angeles Times
Her latest book is her first to be published by Dave Eggers' McSweeney's imprint. Straight says she chose to publish with him because "I loved their joyful, old-fashioned books — books you can hold in your hands." With its off-kilter dialogue and ...

About Books: Chris Spielman kicks off local One Book, One Community
Canton Repository
This year's One Book, One Community literacy effort will begin Tuesday with a program featuring former Washington High School and Ohio State University football star Chris Spielman, the 2012 reading program's highlighted author. The focus of One Book, ...

For The Love Of Roots And Cookbooks, An Interview With Cookbook Author ...
Huffington Post
There are a couple of much older books focused on the "common" root vegetables (beets, turnips, rutabagas, sweet potatoes), and there are encyclopedic books written on vegetables, but an encyclopedic book written on the large family of root vegetables ...

Irish potato famine the subject of a new book
MetroWest Daily News
“I read a number of books on the famine. The most famous book, 'The Great Hunger,' by Cecil Woodham-Smith, was great in terms of its detail, but I never got any overarching theme except that the British were bad and the Irish were long suffering. It ...

New JK Rowling book for adults on sale
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LONDON (CNN) - Whatever the literary merits of J.K. Rowling's new novel, the Harry Potter author is unlikely to earn many plaudits for the originality of her subject matter. With a plot examining social tensions and class divisions between the rich and ...

Book Review: Luck or Something Like It by Kenny Rogers
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Throughout the book, Rogers occasionally calls upon several friends or acquaintances for short stories in their own words. ... Subtitled as a “memoir,” Rogers' book offers many personal experiences, anecdotes, successes, failures and even a few secrets.

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RA Dickey Pitches a Book
New Yorker (blog)
The conversation eventually turned to “Knuckleball Ned,” a thirty-two-page picture bookthat is the second of three books in the deal that Dickey signed with the publisher. Dickey pulled a twenty-page manuscript, dense with type, from his bag. On one ...

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Why J.K. Rowling's new ebook is $17.99 — paidContent
By Laura Hazard Owen
The Casual Vacancy, the first and much-buzzed-about book for adults from “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, hits shelves (and the e-readers of those who've preordered it) on Thursday. The book, an almost guaranteed bestseller, is likely to be publisher ... Publishers use wholesale pricing for printbooks: They set the books' list price; retailers buy the books at a discount and can then resell them at whatever price they want. That's why The Casual Vacancy hardcover is $20.90 on ...
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Amazon Reviewers Failed J.K. Rowling's New Book | TechCrunch
By Gregory Ferenstein
Goddess of the Harry Potter Universe, J.K. Rowling, released her new book to instant global stardom, but if eager fans rush to Amazon to see if Rowling still has her literary magic, they will be dreadfully disappointed: most reviews aren't about ...
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'Savages' Author Don Winslow Awarded Raymond Chandler Award ...
By MIKE FLEMING
His books have always sold well overseas, but Winslow is finally getting some Hollywood action on novels that include The Winter Of Frankie Machine, Satori and Power of The Dog. “I have always been convinced that there is a strong ...
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National Book Foundation Reveals 5 Under 35 Honorees - GalleyCat
By Dianna Dilworth
Independent Publishers Group is looking for a Special Sales Associate. next job Cambridge University Press is looking for a Production Editor. next job Quirk Books is looking for a Writer/Editor. next job ABRAMS is looking for a Associate Managing ... Jennifer duBois, author of A Partial History of Lost Causes; Stuart Nadley, author of The Book of Life; Haley Tanner, author of Vaclav & Lena; Justin Torres, author of We the Animals; and Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Battleborn, will be ...
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Harry Potter author's first adult novel hits bookstores — RT
By RT
The new book by world-famous 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling hit stores in the US and the UK. Rowling's first adult novel is one of the most anticipated releases of the year, and already sparked buzz over its contents.
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Banned Books Week celebrates 30 years of defiant reading ...
By Dan Eldridge
If you've never read a book specifically in celebration of Banned Books Week, you might want to consider rectifying that situation this Sunday, September 30,
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Victim 1 In Jerry Sandusky Trial Has Book Deal « CBS Philly
By Crystal Cranmore
A key witness against convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, known in court papers as Victim 1, has a book deal and will soon reveal his identity, a publisher announced Thursday. ... Victim 1 In Jerry Sandusky Trial Has Book Deal. September 27, 2012 1:17 PM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity. What's this? Add to Timeline - What's This. Click "Log in" to publish what you read to Facebook. See what your ...
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JK Rowling's New Book Is a Total Disaster on the Kindle
By Kyle Wagner
JK Rowling's new book The Casual Vacancy—her first for adults—is a pretty big deal in the publishing world. So is the Kindle. And that is why it is so very funny and great that the Kindle version of the ebook seems to be a woefully misshapen ...
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Victim 1 In Sandusky Case Has A Book Deal | SportsGrid
By Dan Fogarty
ictim 1 in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse trial will be releasing a book on October 23rd. On the same day, Victim 1, now 18, will reveal his identity in a televised interview with ABC's Chris Cuomo.
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An Interview with Nonbeliever Nation's Author, David Niose
By Hrafnkell Haraldsson
He is the author of Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans (2012), which I reviewed here yesterday. Here I ask Mr. Niose some questions about themes in his book but also about recent events in both America and around the ...
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Digital publishing for professionals | Adobe Digital Editions Home
Organize your eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Digital Editions also supports industry-standard eBook formats, including PDF/A and EPUB.
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Rowling's new book divides critics - Hindustan Times
Harry Potter author JK Rowling's first novel for adults hit the shelves Thursday with reviewers giving the gritty tale a mixed reception.
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Potter author's first novel for grown-ups divides critics - Yahoo! News ...
Harry Potter author JK Rowling's first novel for adults hit the shelves Thursday and ... Fans of Rowling snapped up copies of "The Casual Vacancy" when the book went on sale, ... Other reviewers hailed Rowling's foray into books for adults .
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