Author: 'Three Cups of Tea' claims groundless

Author: 'Three Cups of Tea' claims groundless
The Associated Press
(AP) — Claims that Greg Mortenson committed fraud by fabricating events in his books "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools" are groundless, the author and humanitarian's attorneys said Friday. Attorneys John Kauffman and Kevin Maclay asked a US ...
The most wanted used books, according to Bookfinder
Los Angeles Times (blog)
That's according to Bookfinder.com, which released its annual Top 100 Out-of-Print books list this week. Bookfinder searches 150 million books for sale from dozens of used booksellers, including EBay, Alibris and AbeBooks (which now owns Bookfinder). ...
Out of print
Sydney Morning Herald
As co-founder of Melbourne publishing house Sleepers, of course Dattner reads a lot; it's just that the books she reads these days are mainly downloaded via an iPad or an iPhone. It suits her; living in a miner's cottage in rural Victoria, ...
Games, Pop-Ups, 3D, and More – The iPad is Changing Books Forever
Singularity Hub
There will always be those authors that stick to text, and I'll be glad to read them. But there will also be many new creators that want to explore these new ways of storytelling. Even better, because these new kinds of app-books are as much watched as ...
Fairfax libraries shift focus to electronic lending
Washington Post
Fairfax libraries recently received a $100000 donation from Friends of Reston Regional Library, a nonprofit group that aids area libraries with expenses through the sale of used books and other fundraisers. The donation comes at a time when demand for ...
The times they are e-changin': ebooks available at county library
Enterprise-Record
Don Adams used the lyrics to this Bob Dylan song from 1964 to illustrate to a conference room packed with people why they may want to consider reading with something other than traditionalbooks. "No one is lugging books around anymore. ...
'Horrid Henry' author drawn to impish behavior
The Seattle Times
Kids' books: Francesca Simon, the author of the "Horrid Henry" books shares how she started writing the tales and what's to come for Horrid Henry and herself. By KAREN MACPHERSON In "Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead," Henry runs against Moody Margaret for ...
Topeka authors spin tale of hidden treasure
Topeka Capital Journal
Ohm and Pady, both members of the Kansas Authors Club, already are looking at writing other books — although separately. Ohm is working on a book similar to his earlier ones, which contain about 60 self-contained stories set in the 1930-40s. ...
Google Settles Copyright Suit of French Publisher
Courthouse News Service
A Google manager described the agreement as a partnership intended to breathe new life into out-of-print books, and as part of a larger project to "make cultural works more widely discoverable online." A spokesperson for La Martiniere is reported to ...
Books About Hurricanes For Adults, Children
International Business Times
By IB Times Staff Reporter | August 26, 2011 5:12 PM EDT With Hurricane Irene set to hit the US East Coast, books about this type of natural disaster can make for great learning material. The first five books are recommended by Hurricane.com, ...
Boomerang books make gripping read
Sydney Morning Herald
''I was talking to another mum and wondering how could we boost the library supply of the PRC books,'' Ms Beckett, 39, said. ''Between us we had lots of books at home … It was very simple asking families to label their books, and set up a library to ...
Dick Cheney's reading list
Washington Post
A man's character lives in the books he loves. So perhaps the search for the soul of Dick Cheney should lead to the books that mean enough to him to merit a mention in his new memoir, “In My Time,” which is due out Tuesday. ...
Book author creates father son series
WTNH
(WTNH) - Author and single dad, Fred Neff writes children's books, designed to inspire parents to spend more time doing things with their children. His latest book: Pirate Calvin Meets The Wise Seaport Rat is another in his Calvin and Dad series. ...
5 Great Books for Read Comics in Public Day
Wired News
By Nathan Mattise Too embarrassed to read the latest copy of Grant Morrison's Batman en route to work? Brian Heater understands, and so does Sarah Morean. That's why they created Read Comics in Public Day. Despite working in the comics industry, ...
Get Out: Banjos, Books, Bright Stars
LAist
You can get into the museum for free today, if you bring books about Southern California or by Southern California writers, any high-school or college syllabus mainstays, Spanish or Farsi literature and the group loves reviewers' copies — so hand 'em ...
ENT books: Rediscovering reading with Booker list
The Sudbury Star
After reading reviews on the titles, it seems that most are praising the list for its inclusion of new novelists and small publishing houses, not to mention that three Canadian authors are included in the running for the prestigious prize. ...
Josh Powell receives order to stop publishing, distributing wife's diaries
Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
Josh Powell received a motion Friday afternoon ordering him to cease publishing and distributing the diaries of his missing wife, Susan Cox Powell.. Served at his current residence in Puyallup, where Josh lives with his father Steve and his two sons, ...
Win a valuable book from books.lk
Sunday Observer
And, with the objective of promoting the habit of reading among children the Junior Observer in collaboration with Bookazone (Pvt.) Ltd; the innovators of the country's first web portal (www.books.lk), will launch a competition starting next week to ...
No need to read between the lines, it's Hard Times for the books world
Irish Independent
By John Spain, Books Editor These are difficult times in the books business. This week the London bookshop made famous by Hugh Grant in the film Notting Hill began a closing-down sale; and here at home Eason's, the biggest bookseller in the country, ...
Smashing Ideas brings 'The Poky Little Puppy' to the mobile generation
Examiner.com
Many of us in the baby-boomer generation fondly remember the golden books from our childhood. As we were growing up our parents would read them to us, when we were starting school we learned to read them, we read them to our children. ...
Ray of inspiration
Boston Herald
By Alice Hoffman When my father took his leave of the family, he left behind a box of his books, and in doing so he gave me the gift of Ray Bradbury. The summer that I began reading Bradbury, even the ordinary world became magical. I inhaled the books...
FREE Kindle eBooks | Faithful Provisions
By Kelly
Checkout the following FREE applications to read Kindle ebooks. FREE Kindle Blackberry App Amazon is offering a free application to load on your Blackberry to read Kindle books from! Be sure to download yours for free now. FREE Kindle ...
Faithful Provisions
Karen Dionne: When Books Sell at Auction
By Karen Dionne
Book auctions in the publishing industry are like beautiful sunrises -- always nice to see, but occurring with remarkable regularity. For a book to go to ... For authors, the time before an auction is also a period of intense anxiety. Says Lu: "I ...
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Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines | Manuals Online
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Description : Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines How to make books available for the Kindle platform This document describes the primary ways publishers, authors, and conversion houses … Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines How to ...
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Publishing - Breaking News - Read Online or Subscribe
Publishing news - breaking news direct from organisations - read online or ... MindStir Media Introduces E-book Publishing Assistance for Authors .... NIACE eBooks, available in EPUB and PDF, are hosted on MPS Limited's eContent platform ... new life from Parsina Press (which initially drew its name from these books). ...
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Amazon Best Sellers: Best Books on CD
Discover the best Books on CD in Best Sellers. Find the top 100 most popular Amazon Books...The most popular items in Books on CD. (Learn more). 1. ...
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Anna is season's flavour at 17th Delhi Book Fair
Hindustan Times
While some stalls at the book fair displayed Hazare posters and pictures, a slim biography of Anna Hazare, published by Diamond Pocket Books in both Hindi and English, was flying off the shelves. “Anna Hazare's biography is the best seller of the day ...

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