The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk In Ben Anderson's devastating new book, “No Greater Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan” (Oneworld, 280 pp., $24.95), the British filmmaker chronicles the desperate failure of American and..."The contrast between the American military position and what I saw was so stark. The policy now seems to be “get out of there and save face.” What happens on the ground doesn’t matter. What matters is the perception of the American people and our Middle East allies. The Marines I knew do everything with a ruthless efficiency and work ethic. What made me have the courage to say this Afghan policy is doomed is by following these Marines, who are so positive and so competent. If they can’t make it work, nobody can make it work."
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Authors: When presidents turn to ex-presidents
CBS News
(CBS News) Two books on the presidency depict different aspects of the challenging job of making the right decisions of the time and the impact those decisions will have on a president's legacy. On "Face the Nation," Time Magazine editors Nancy Gibbs ...
The books of summer: best beach companions
New York Daily News
There are so many good books coming this summer, one would think that all anyone had time to do was read. Well, make time. You won't regret it. “Istanbul Passage” by Joseph Kanon. A thriller set in post-World War II Istanbul, where, as the refugees and ...
'Magic Town' brings picture books to life
USA TODAY
By Jinny Gudmundsen, Special for USA TODAY For book-loving families with kids ages 2-6, the Internet has a delightful new place to visit called "Magic Town" — a virtual world where characters from famous children's books come alive and reside.
USA TODAY
Jean Craighead George dies at 92; children's author
Los Angeles Times
Jean Craighead George published more than 100 books over 60 years, including “My Side of the Mountain” and “Julie of the Wolves.” (Ellan Young / May 26, 2012) By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times After children's author Jean Craighead George ...
Librarians decry 'Shades of Grey' but don't stand in its way
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As a group, librarians generally agree that if popular titles entice people to read, perhaps they'll move on to even better books. If that book happens to be "Fifty Shades of Grey," well, there's nowhere to go ...
eBook Review: The Siren by Tiffany Reisz
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
She has a huge fan club, and each book is more successful than the last. But things change when Nora decides her latest book should be more serious and personal - and changes publishers to reflect this change. At her new publisher, Nora is paired with ...
Book Review: Life on Mars by Tracy K Smith
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
While the lines are simple - almost a recount, the effect is explosive, forcing us to think about the sound-bite nature of our reporting and the matter of fact way we absorb, accept, and acclimatise ourselves to horror: The book is divided into four ...
Books: New and noteworthy
USA TODAY
What it's about: A bored wife decides to take part in a marriage study and gets the hots for "Researcher 101"; by the author of The Slippery Year. The buzz: "Chick-lit fans over the age of 30 will want to rush home from work… and settle down to read ...
USA TODAY
CIA remembers those lost in covert war on terror
The Seattle Times
The CIA is remembering those lost in the hidden, often dangerous world of espionage, adding a new star to the intelligence agency's memorial wall and more than a dozen names to its hallowed Book of Honor. By KIMBERLY DOZIER AP Intelligence Writer No ...
Fifty Shades of Grey flies off Flower Memorial Library shelves
WatertownDailyTimes.com
The third book, which is owned by the library, is the one that has been the most popular — as well as the most criticized. The North Country Library System owns a total of 18 copies; there are currently 83 holds on them. For fiction books, a library ...
Book review: 'Perryville' shines light on forgotten battle in Civil War
Bowling Green Daily News
“On October 8, 1862, more than 7500 Union and Confederate troops were killed and wounded outside of Perryville, Kentucky,” Stuart W. Sanders explains in his new book, “Perryville Under Fire: The Aftermath of Kentucky's Largest Civil War Battle.
Author speaks
Hometownlife.com
Michigan author Kelly DiPucchio entertained guests at The Story Tellers Guild luncheon at The Community House. She is the author of the popular children's picture book “Crafty Chloe.” / Photos by Diane K. Bert The Community House Story Tellers gathered ...
Book Review: Super Fuel: Thorium-Green Energy Source For The Future by Richard ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The author provides a significant rationale for embracing thorium. This rationale includes the fact that it is in abundance. No special refining is needed. Thorium is not good for making weapons. Thorium reactors consume more latent energy trapped in ...
Warren Watch: Book bonding
Omaha World-Herald
By Steve Jordon Count another young man as fascinated when he read Benjamin Graham's 1949 book, “The Intelligent Investor.” Not once, but five times so far, said Tarron Hecox. He graduated this month with a finance degree with highest distinction after ...
Michigan author Loren D. Estleman's new novel set in Detroit's Mexicantown
Detroit Free Press
The prolific author has 70 novels under his belt -- 22 of them featuring Amos, including the new "Burning Midnight." "I remember writing each one; I just don't remember it being 70," he says. Thebook places Amos in the middle of a gang war in ...
Author and Alabama native Ace Atkins returns to Birmingham with two new crime ...
al.com
Meanwhile, the second book in Atkins' own Quinn Colson crime series, “The Lost Ones,” comes out this week. In this one, Colson, a former Army Ranger who has come home to Mississippi and become sheriff, investigates dual cases involving a Mexican drug ...
al.com
Book Review | America the Philosophical: Engaging study shuns ivory-tower approach
Columbus Dispatch
Romano, who has taught philosophy at several colleges and who was a book critic at The Philadelphia Inquirer for 25 years, contends that philosophy is “not only what a pantheon of elite white male argument-machines have produced on the page.
Columbus Dispatch
Justin Verlander's mother and father co-author book to help other parents
Detroit Free Press
Kathy and Richard Verlander, parents of Tigers ace Justin Verlander, created "Rocks Across the Pond," a book that shares anecdotes from Justin's childhood. / 2011 photo by JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/Detroit Free Pres By Jo-Ann Barnas When Richard and Kathy ...
E-books now e-vailable
The Columbian
What: E-books have arrived at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District. • Where: With a library card, residents can check out five books each on the library's two e-book systems, Overdrive and Access 360, at the library district's website. by EL ...
Literary figure Kathi Goldmark dead at 63
UPI.com
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (UPI) -- US author and country-rock singer Kathi Kamen Goldmark died in San Francisco after a long battle with breast cancer, friends and family said. She was 63. Goldmark, whom the Los Angeles Times book blog called "a beloved ...
Author Dorothy Wickenden shares grandmother's frontier teaching adventure
Kansas.com
Dorothy Wickenden, author and executive editor of The New Yorker, will speak about her “Nothing Daunted" at Watermark Books on Thursday evening. Dorothy Wickenden's “Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West.
Kansas.com
Former Syracuse University basketball star Etan Thomas scores with a book on ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Thomas' new book "Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge," features contributions from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ice Cube, Taye Diggs and others. Etan Thomas spent a lot of time speaking to youth groups when he was an undergraduate at Syracuse ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
What's not to like about free library e-books? Waiting list
Orlando Sentinel
In addition to saving trips to the library and avoiding fines, e-book borrowers have the advantage of combining books they've purchased with titles on loan in a single device such as an Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook or iPad. E-book lending took ...
Sunday Book Gossip | Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy
By MissVain
Ok so now that I'm no longer participating in a Sunday meme displaying my books, so for now I have decided Not to participate in any new mailbox themed memes and decided to share my own BookGossip to reflect on the past week on my blog and ... Brimming with danger and star-crossed romance, and featuring a vivid dystopian landscape, this electrifying follow-up to Eve, which bestselling author Lauren Kate called “a gripping, unforgettable adventure—and a fresh look at what it...
Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy
When Hollywood Runs Out of Books to Turn Into Movies | Cracked ...
Since Hollywood got her mitts on the Facebook story, we've seen non-fiction books adapted to the screen with a reckless abandon that surely foretells bad things for the movie-going public. We asked you to predict the non-fiction books that ...
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Feministe Book Club: The Hunger Games, Chapters 19-27
By Caperton
The end! It's the end! The book is over. Sigh. Ready, go.Next up: If anyone's up for Catching Fire, I am. I'm going to take a week off and set the first discussion for the week after next, Saturday, June 9, with Part I, chapters 1-9.
Feministe
Frenetic Reader: All the Books
By Khy
Bancroft Press is running an awesome contest over on their facebook page, in which you could win four different e-books. Cool stuff. I gave Neil Gaiman's recent commencement speech at the University of the Arts a listen, and it's most ...
Frenetic Reader
Daily Kos: Book review: The balance and battle between ...
By rss@dailykos.com (DemFromCT)
May, 2012. Money quotes: "At the heart of this book is the view that American history is defined by an irrepressible and ongoing tension between two core values: our love of individualism and our reverence for community. ... Author (description from Brookings page): : E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and university professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University. A nationally ...
Daily Kos
Katie's Book Blog: Blogger Interview: Emilie from Emilie's Book World!
By Katie
Info For Publishers. I am currently accepting YA books for review. I do not accept E-books. I also love to do interviews, guest posts, giveaways, or participate in blog tours. Do not hesitate to email me at katieb206@gmail.com ...
Katie's Book Blog
The Green Apple Core: Two New Books I Really Like (With Pictures)
By Molly
The book is Taka-Chan and I, originally published in 1967 and now in a re-issued edition by the NYRB Children's Collection. It's narrated by Runcible, a Weimerarmer who, according to his authorbio, is a firm believer in broadening ...
The Green Apple Core
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Paul Kiel, The Great American ...
By Cynthia Kouril
For those of you who have not kept up with the voluminous reading on the topic here at FDL, or for those who would like a concise, easy to read summary, with real life examples to illustrate the goings on, let me introduce you to a new e-book ...
Book Salon
Book Review: What Are Universities For? by Stefan Collini - LSE Blogs
By Blog Admin
240 pages. Find this book: Stefan Collini has been a prominent voice in recent public discussions concerning current changes to UK higher education. His recent essays in the Times LiterarySupplement and the London Review of Books were ...
Impact of Social Sciences
Book Review: Blue Magic | Geeks of Doom
By The Book Slave
Blue Magic By A.M. Dellamonica Paperback | Kindle Publisher: Tor Released April 10, 2012 In Blue Magic, the sequel to Indigo Springs, fantasy writer A.M. Dellamonica continues the magical story of Astrid Lethewood and Sahara Knox.
Geeks of Doom
By The Book Slave
Blue Magic By A.M. Dellamonica Paperback | Kindle Publisher: Tor Released April 10, 2012 In Blue Magic, the sequel to Indigo Springs, fantasy writer A.M. Dellamonica continues the magical story of Astrid Lethewood and Sahara Knox.
Geeks of Doom
Interactive kids book Angus and Max Blast Off comes to iPhone and ...
By admin
Melbourne, Australia – It's time to take off and explore the wonders of the solar system, as MiBooks are proud to announce the release of their brand new kids adventure book, “Angus and Max Blast Off!”. In Angus and Max Blast Off, a mysterious noise from the ... Angus and Max, as with the otherbooks in the MiBooks brand, allows the reader to read the book themselves, with a parent, or have it read to them with the aid of voiceover audio. This is perfect for some younger readers, who ...
MacMegasite
Thousands of School Books Caught in Nato-Pakistan Transit Standoff
Afghanistan's Ministry of Education officials said Sunday that thousands of books intended for Afghan schools have been caught in the Nato-Pakistan diplomatic ...
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eBook Review: The Siren by Tiffany Reisz - Blogcritics Books
Author: Lucy Felthouse — Published: May 27, 2012 at 8:58 am 0 comments ... This book (the first in a trilogy) tells the story of notorious erotic writer Nora Sutherlin. She has a ... At her newpublisher, Nora is paired with Zachary Easton, an incredibly demanding British editor. ... Scott Butki's Book Time: Interviews with Authors ...
blogcritics.org/books/article/ebook-review-the-siren-by-tiffany/
Any recommendations for a book on dogs? - Yahoo! Answers
Ask your local veterinarian if he is aware of any free e-books that you can order. Log on to FreeDogTrainingInfo.com to view a library of free dog training articles, ...
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i love books!
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. I'm bookmarking this one :) ...
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UL's new books look at communities, storms
The Daily Advertiser
Casa Azul Gifts in Grand Coteau will host a poetry reading by Jocelyn Young and Zayne Turner from 7 pm to 9 pm Thursday, concluding with an open mic in which writers and musicians are welcome to participate. Turner is the author of "Memory of My Mouth ...
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