Jack Bogle's Last Book: "The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation"

Jack Bogle's Last Book: "The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation"
Forbes
In this, what may well be his final book, Jack Bogle admits that he'll be ruffling some feathers. But then again, what's new about that? Jack's been stirring the pot since 1975 when he founded Vanguard as an investor-owned company and then introduced ...

'The Jefferson Lies' is recalled by publisher Thomas Nelson
Christian Science Monitor
“History books routinely teach that Jefferson was an anti-Christian secularist, rewriting the Bible to his liking, fathering a child with one of his slaves, and little more than another racist, bigoted colonist – but none of those claims are actually ...

Christian Science Monitor

Wanted, Dead or Alive: Used Books
New York Times
... CITY, Tex. — Larry McMurtry, the famed author of “Lonesome Dove” and dozens of other books, was walking slowly along State Highway 79 on Friday morning toward this town's only major intersection. Down the block, more than 150 collectors and ...

New York Times

Penguin imprint Dial to publish Marvin Hamlisch children's book posthumously
New York Daily News (blog)
The children's book tells of Hamlisch's true story of who, at the age of six, became the youngest person accepted into the prestigious Julliard School. According to the publisher's website, the plot tells of young Marvin overcoming his fears before the ...

Heidi Holland, 64; journalist wrote of Mugabe's ascent
Boston.com
Your article has been sent. JOHANNESBURG — Journalist and author Heidi Holland, who chronicled the rise of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe from freedom fighter to power-obsessed leader, died Saturday at her home in South Africa, police said. ... Ms ...

New book, 'Smoke Signals,' casts haze over Attorney General Eric Holder and ...
New York Daily News (blog)
According to The Daily Caller, in his new book “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational and Scientific,” of which an excerpt was leaked on liberal website Truthout.org, Martin A. Lee writes about the federal attempt to ...

The Best Book Podcasts
Wall Street Journal (blog)
With a few exceptions, podcasts are the aural equivalent of self-published books: No one is editing them, no one is telling the host to stop addressing his or her co-host as "dude" or to explore the wide world of adjectives beyond "awesome." Enlarge ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Author Fights For His Book On The Internet After Slacking Student Pleads For A ...
TechCrunch
Maybe it's the Craigslist killer, or maybe it's the author of a book you need to read for your summer school assignment. ... Now, clearly, the internet has made publishing a difficulty for authors. ... For readers, the world of books has only become ...

Author hints Pa. voter-ID foes trying to hide something
Philadelphia Inquirer
An author who has written several books about voter fraud decried on Sunday efforts to portray supporters of Pennsylvania's new voter ID law as racists, and implied that its opponents were trying to hide something. John Fund, a conservative commentator ...

Book We're Talking About: 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' by Maria Semple
Huffington Post
Jonathan Franzen endorsed it (he "tore through this book with heedless pleasure"), and we weren't aware that he liked anything, so we felt inclined to pick it up. We now see why he enjoyed it so much, as it is shares similar themes with his own books ...

ML Buchman, author of 'I Own the Dawn': Mr. Darcy, get out of my way!
USA TODAY
But as a male romance author, what am I most interested in? The women. From my... My favorite heroines are named above, Miss Bennet (Knightley, in particular, with the original book a close second) and Miss March (Winona Ryder, with Katharine Hepburn...

USA TODAY

Hope Solo chronicles career and life
ESPN
As part of the book's release, Solo also authored an epilogue from the 2012 Olympics, which will be available as part of the e-book. In it, she writes about how U.S. coach Pia Sundhage asked her to delay publication of the book, threatening to not play ...

ESPN

Comic book legend Joe Kubert has died
Examiner.com
On August 12, Joe Kubert, a legendary American comic book artist, writer, editor and founder of the Kubert School passed away at the age of 85. Joe Kubert made his comicbook debut when he was just 12 years old, and went on to create many memorable ...

Examiner.com

Books fail to accurately represent our increasingly diverse world
Wisconsin State Journal
The proportion dipped noticeably during the recession, a possible indication that book publishers made the economic decision to pull back on titles and authors that might not sell as well, said John Sellers, an editor for Publishers Weekly. “It's very ...

Book: Barak opposed strike on Syrian reactor
Ynetnews
Defense Minister Ehud Barak is pushing for an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, but five years ago he was staunchly opposed to the successful attack on Syria's reactor, a new book reveals. Related articles: ... According to the authors ...

Ynetnews

Book Bound: In the 'Wake' of Hocking's enchanting new YA adventure
Montgomery Newspapers
Readers are drawn not only to the book's setting, but also to the larger social media community where they can connect and share with other readers and the author herself. “It makes it easier for me to interact with readers on Facebook, or Twitter or ...

Book Review: The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath
Blogcritics.org (blog)
The author cleverly focuses on a character that wasn't central to Austen's original work. Miss Mary Bennet's religious, dutiful nature, and plain looks have led everyone around her to assume that she should remain a spinster. Nagging self-doubt and the ...

How Will We Read? The Power of an Author
Huffington Post
Penguin (owned by the global media company, Pearson plc) is part of one the world's big six traditional publishers. Author Solutions Inc. is the world's leading provider of self-publishing services (the company has published 190000 books by 150000 ...

Article tracks an expensive medicinal fungus; book foresees an unsettled climate
Washington Post
When it comes to forecasting weather, argue the authors of “Global Weirdness,” only one thing is certain: the unexpected. The book, by researchers from Climate Central, a nonprofit group, attempt to lay out the facts regarding climate change. While it ...

Bestselling Author Victim of Gay Hate Campaign
Sacramento Bee
13, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Author Sarah Luddington has come under attack from a barrage of homophobic hatred following the release of her Arthurian fantasy series, The Knights of Camelot, in which the main protagonist is bisexual. The first book ...

Billy Crystal to write memoir; Olympic-themed books
USA TODAY
Must-reads: Add these new and noteworthy books to your last-minute summer reading list. Plus, Carol Memmott reviews Laura Lippman's book about a suburban madam, And When She Was Good (3 ½ stars) and Elysa Gardner calls Light Between Oceans...

USA TODAY

Book excerpt: Introduction to Open Core Protocol Part 2
EE Times (blog)
I promised to deliver a preview of the new OCP-IP book written by David Schwaderer and here it is. I will be presenting three parts of the book from chapters 1 through 3. Thanks to Ian Mackintosh at OCP-IP and Charles Glaser at Springer for making this ...

EE Times (blog)

Author Advocates Letting 'Mouth-breathing, Racist' South Secede
NewsBusters (blog)
Despite being known for more of a tongue-in-cheek style, he couldn't have been any more serious. So serious in fact, that he wrote a book called “Better Off without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession”. He promoted it in a recent radio ...

India's liberalisation through middle class eyes (Book Review)
New York Daily News
Book: "The Liberals", Author: Hindol Sengupta; Publisher: Harper Collins India; Pages: 309; Price: Rs.350. The middle class will decide the course of liberalisation in India which will become more micro-level in search of solutions to problems, says ...

Barnes and Noble to cut e-book reader prices
WBTV
Barnes and Noble to cut e-book reader prices. Posted: Monday, August 13, 2012 7:37 AM EST. Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012 7:37 AM EST. The prices of the 16 GB version of Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader will be reduced by $50. (Source: CNN) ...

Author Margaret Meader shares family experience with Apert Syndrome in New ...
eNewsChannels
That wealth of recorded information not only gave her the tools she needed to change her son's life, but now enables her to share that knowledge with others who are in crisis in her book “Uncommon Beauty: Crisis Parenting from Day One” (ISBN-13: ...

eNewsChannels

Elsevier Scientific, Technical and Medical Book Titles Now Available on the ...
Sacramento Bee
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced a substantial number of its medical, scientific and professional referencebooks are now available on the iBookstore. These ...

Brent Weeks: Make That E-Book a Venti - Voices - Voices - AllThingsD
By Voices
Got an email from a "fan" outraged that a novel I've been working on for two years, six days a week is $13 in ebook. Enjoy your $4 coffee. -- Author Brent Weeks, via Twitter...
AllThingsD

New book details GOP's early opposition to Obama stimulus - The Hill
By Russell Berman
A new book provides fresh details about the level of early Republican opposition to President Obama's economic stimulus package, which set the stage for the partisan retrenchment that has persisted throughout his term. “The New New Deal,” ...
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U. of Missouri Asks Press Authors Not to Reclaim Book Rights - The ...
By Nick DeSantis
In the wake of the University of Missouri's controversial decision to close its scholarly press and convert it to a digital operation, some authors asked the university to release the rights to their books. And The Kansas City Star reports that the ...
The Ticker

Exile and the Prophetic: 'Collecting' (Palestinian) books
By Marc H. Ellis
Now imagine this, “The Great Book Robbery,” – a documentary on the confiscation of books from Palestinian homes during and after the 1948 war. Presented today in the larger group under the rubric of the archaeology of knowledge. What it ...
Mondoweiss

How To Return a Kindle eBook - GalleyCat
By Dianna Dilworth
How To Return a Kindle eBook. By Dianna Dilworth on August 13, 2012 9:42 AM. While most readers know that they can return an unread print book to a bookstore for a refund, it's a little bit less known that readers can return eBooks to Amazon. eBook ... The New York Times explains more about Amazon's policy in regards to other digital media: “While you can usually return e-books to Amazon for a refund, other digital goods purchased from the site are not typically eligible for return.
GalleyCat

What To Do About Cranky Authors | Justine Larbalestier
By Justine
I do not fear people hating my books. Jane Austen is hated. Every writer I love is hated. It's a feature, not a bug!3. So here's my advice: if an author has a go at you for a less than gushing review of their book—take it down. And if it's possible ...
Justine Larbalestier

The Bookish Brunette | Bout of Books Read-a-thon 5.0 Updates
By Bookish Brunette
Bout of Books Goal Post! All the books that I'm hoping to read during the bout of books read-a-thon! I'm also using this as my update post! ... Book reviews, author interviews, bookish discussions, home of the Zombie Queen. Home · About Us ...
The Bookish Brunette

Madonna of the Book — Sandro Botticelli | biblioklept
By Biblioklept
One Comment to “Madonna of the Book — Sandro Botticelli”. Mohammed Anwar AlBalushi · August 13, 2012 at 2:47 am. Thanks. Sent from my iPad. Reply. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or ...
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Book "Smoke Signals" casts haze over Attorney General Eric Holder ...
According to The Daily Caller, in his new book “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational and Scientific,” of which an excerpt was leaked on liberal website Truthout.org, Martin A. Lee writes about the federal attempt ...
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Anthony Davis Gets in the Book, Helps Team USA Win Gold - A Sea ...
By Glenn Logan
Near the end of the game, former Kentucky star Anthony Davis got in the game, had a foul and the final rebound of the game to get into the record books for the gold medal game. Kentucky coach John Calipari tweeted: Great late game heroics ...
A Sea Of Blue

Exclusive Interview: Sylvain Reynard, Author Of Gabriel's Inferno - VH1
By Kate Spencer
It is all Twitter's fault, of course – I saw people tweeting about something called MOTU and then I Googled it and discovered Master of the Universe, the fan fiction story that would later go on to become the UK's bestselling book of all time (! ... The author of said story, Sylvain Reynard, eventually e-published it as two books (Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture) with the independentpublisher Omnific, and just recently signed a substantial deal to publish the books with Penguin ...
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: an introduction - video ...
The children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, and former poet laureate ... the question all literary festivals must ask, and author Anna Raverat explains why ...
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Thinking of Leaving the Country After the Election? Expat Author Offers 5 ...
Sacramento Bee
13, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Jeff Ashmead, author of Tropical Delusion - Misadventures in Paradise, shares his comical experience of leaving it all behind for a Caribbean beach in Mexico. He bought a small hotel on a secluded bay only to be greeted ...



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