Amazon in talks to acquire Brazilian bookseller

Amazon in talks to acquire Brazilian bookseller, report says
CNET
Amazon has been rumored for months to be considering an acquisition in Brazil, and Saraiva's name has been floated before as a possible acquisition target. The acquisition could give Amazon a foothold in Brazil, Latin America's biggest economy, and ...

Author James Patterson says Tyler Perry will "wow" as Alex Cross
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Author James Patterson may have sold more than 260 million books worldwide, but he still has not tired of the thrills as his fictional detective, Alex Cross, once again comes to life on the big screen in the upcoming film "Alex ...

Sneak Peeks Into New Book on Goldman Sachs
New York Times
“We must have changed our view on each of these institutions from positive to negative back to positive ten times,” the former employee writes in the book, according to those reports. “I remember thinking, 'How can we be doing this with a straight face?

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David Mitchell: By the Book
New York Times
What book is on your night stand now? “Postwar,” by the historian Tony Judt; David Finkel's account of U.S. forces in Iraq, “The Good Soldiers”; and a proof of Nadeem Aslam's new book, “The Blind Man's Garden,” which I haven't started yet. Plus my ...

Ruby Bridges Reflects on Her Life at Book...
ABC News
They were pivotal not only to her passion for reading, but also to her later work to getbooks to as many schoolchildren as possible. Bridges will be furthering that mission Friday and Saturday at the New Orleans Children's Book Festival, an event she ...

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Book Talk: Ghosts, grief and great love in China
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - After Samuel Pickens loses the love of his life, he travels the world to forget her - only to find her mirror image in the court of Imperial China, where he falls in love with one of the Emperor's wives. The lyrical "My Last Empress ...

"The Casual Vacancy" holds top spot on US bestseller list
Chicago Tribune
The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "The Casual Vacancy" by J. K. Rowling (Little, Brown, $35.00) 1 2. "NYPD Red" by James ...

E-books at Chicago public libraries nearly doubling in popularity
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Public Library patrons are downloading nearly twice as many e-books, audio books, videos and music than they did a year ago, fueling the need to license more materials to satisfy demand, a top mayoral aide said Thursday. Library Commissioner ...

Herman Melville books: Remembering the author of 'Moby Dick'
Christian Science Monitor
"A sense of unspeakable security is in me this moment, on account of your having understood the book," Melville declared. "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Ineffable socialities are in me. I would sit down and dine with you...
 
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Bee Book Club welcomes "Constitution Cafe" author tonight
Sacramento Bee
Tonight's special edition of the Sacramento Bee Book club offers readers the rare opportunity to discuss the U.S. Constitution and the notion of a new constitutional convention – and do so with a constitutional scholar. The Bee Book Club has partnered ...

"Goodnight iPad" Author Back With a Siri Love Story - Ina Fried ...
By Ina Fried
David Milgrim, the author of parody kids book Goodnight iPad, has a new book out next month that looks at the complicated love affair between modern Americans and their gadgets. “Siri & Me: A Modern Love Story” is not the adorable kids ...
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Siri and Me is a new book from Goodnight, iPad author | TUAW - The ...
By Kelly Hodgkins
Goodnight, iPad creator David Milgrim is back again with another Apple-based parody book. His latest work ... You can see a preview of the book below and hop over to Amazon to pre-order your copy of the hardcover version. The $10 book ...
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Mildred Baena Reads Arnold Schwarzenegger's Book -- Why'd He ...
By TMZ Staff
Looking to relive her adulterous glory days, Arnold Schwarzenegger's baby madre Mildred Baena has decided to read Arnie's tell-all book "Total Recall" ... but the problem is, Arnie didn't really tell all. Mildred shamelessly brought the book out ...
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*Glittering Images*, the new Camille Paglia book
By Tyler Cowen
The subtitle is A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars and according to Paglia “The format of the book is based on Catholic breviaries of devotional images, like Mass cards of the saints.” It presents powerful works of. ... It presents powerful works of art and tells the reader to submit to them; for that alone it is better than most other books. The influence of Harold Bloom, Paglia's earlier teacher, is strong throughout. The interpretations seem unsure as to whether they are ...
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Author Of Anti-Kate Gosselin Book Applauds Her Firing From ...
By Radar Staff A day after Kate Gosselin was fired from her blogging job at CouponCabin.com, theauthor of a controversial ebook slamming the mom of eight has spoken out exclusively to RadarOnline.com applauding the move. Robert ...
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This week's reading list: A 'binder' of books for black women | theGrio
We decided to offer a book full of women: Black Woman Redefined, to save him ... Also on the list is a book that proves that heaven exists, written by a scientist.
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My Book Recognizes Welfare's Problems — Letters to the Editor ...
As the author of "All in the Family," I appreciate Kay Hymowitz's review (Bookshelf , ... The passages below, taken directly from my book, might suggest that Ms.
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Book Recommendations.? - Yahoo! Answers
Book Recommendations.? I read Into The Wild a few years ago and loved it. I'm looking for morebooks like it. Right now I'm reading Wild Animus and its pretty ...
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