President Obama's book selections

Obama's 'Brave New World' and other books Los Angeles Times Among the books reported to be in his stack was Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," which was probably for 13-year-old Malia, because it's required reading for students going into the eighth grade at Sidwell Friends, the private Quaker school the Obama ...

Recommended: 10 books for a summer field trip msnbc.com The best science books for summer reading are those that take you to another place or time — locales that offer adventure and fun while providing insights into how our cosmos works. And because we're talking about vacation reading, they shouldn't be ...

Sluggish sales force cutbacks at Calgary's Freehand Books Edmonton Journal Meanwhile, it will continue publishing books into 2012, including a fall list of three books that will launch in October. The company will re-evaluate whether or not to restart acquiring new titles in December or January for 2013 lists, LePan said, ...

Bookish inmates turn over new leaf Stuff.co.nz They devour modern classics such as Lord of the Flies, but also love new fiction by authors like Martina Cole. "One thing they really love is heroic fantasy work by Conn Iggulden and David Gemmell. They love to get a series and some of them are ...

On Books: 'In the Garden of Beasts' Anderson Independent Mail By Kathryn Smith The rise to power of the Nazis holds an endless fascination for American readers, a premise proved yet again by master nonfiction writer Erik Larson in his acclaimed new book “In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American ...

Melbourne by the book Sydney Morning Herald Passions could be turned into something that existed outside yourself: they could become books. After McPhee Gribble lost its independence, Di Gribble went on (with Eric Beecher) to set up Text Publishing and then to buy Stephen Mayne's Crikey, ...

Hitting the books Ottawa Citizen We've asked area experts just what's needed to give the students in our lives the best possible spot for hitting the books. The first rule? Choose items carefully, and most importantly, choose items they love because they'll be spending a lot of time ...

Digital readers are changing the traditional library system Globe and Mail The Vancouver Public Library has had downloadable audio books and e-books for more than 10 years. In 2009, it started offering downloadable e-books specifically for electronic readers, but it wasn't until the spring of 2010, when the Kobo eReader and ...

Cultural classics you really should know: art, books, films, music Plain Dealer The book became a best seller and spawned spinoffs, including "The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy," in which Hirsch and co-authors enumerated many of those specifics. Twenty-five years later, technology makes it a breeze to compensate for days missed ...

GCLF plans books, drama promo during festival Nigeria Daily Independent Publishers, authors and booksellers may be smiling to the bank after this edition of the Garden City Literary Festival (GCLF) as the management has assured all book lovers across the world that the festival would be flooded with books that are rare to ...

Miss Kathy taught kids to love books Vineland Daily Journal Thank you, Miss Kathy, for bringing books alive for children and getting them interested in reading at a young age. Thank you for being kind and caring and getting children excited about books and reading, which is the critical cornerstone for success ...

Umberto Eco and friend on the rosy future of books Montreal Gazette (blog) Books about the imminent demise of books are beginning to comprise a library wing unto themselves, which may be why Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carriere state their case to the contrary right in the title of This is Not the End of the Book. ...

Connecting with books, each other Green Bay Press Gazette It began with a request of resident Millie Londo, who arranged to have books delivered to her at the residence through the Friends of the Library's Walking Books. When the Friends offered to start the book club, Londo was excited for the opportunity ...

New rules for publishing Holy Quran DAWN.com By Our Staff Reporter | From the Newspaper LAHORE, Aug 19: The Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department has approved rules under the Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) Act of 2011 according to which the publishing institutions in the province ...

A bridge too far San Francisco Chronicle Today the Books section inaugurates Cover to Cover - an occasional feature devoted to book cover design - by highlighting titles whose artwork incorporates the Golden Gate Bridge. Some images are hilarious, some are as subtle as the postcard-worthy ...

These 8 Books Could Save Your Marriage Huffington Post (blog) ... my interviews with them, 'The Secret Lives Of Wives.' But I also appreciate what good company the book joins. I am continually inspired by the works of other authors who attempt to unravel the mystery of what love really is, and how to make it last.

Obama Buries Himself in Books Daily Beast The president packed three other books for the trip: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, To the End of the Land by David Grossman, and Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns, hailed as the "epic" tale of America's Great Migration.

3 books on sports Washington Post By Dennis Drabelle, Some of the shots they take are so on-top-of-the-action, so perfectly timed, that sports photographers almost deserve to be considered athletes themselves. Here are three collections of work by men who moved into the right position, ...

Daily Heller, Books as Big as Russia — Imprint-The Online ... By Steven Heller In fact, Mir iskusstva books produced during the so-called Silver Age, as the reign of Czar Nicholas and Alexandra was known, were impressively decorated in the style of the Russian equivalent of Art Nouveau, a curious fusion of Japonisme, Pre-Raphaelite mannerisms ... Children's book historian Michael Patrick Hearn, who has written the massive two volume document (above and below) of the epoch, dubs this period the “Golden Age” of children's book publishing in Russia. ... Imprint-The Online Community...

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