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Books Behaving Badly: A Tale Of Real Life In Ink
NPR
When I was 11 I found a book that did not know it was a book. It was a yellowing Hebrew translation of Tarjei Vesaas's Norwegian novel The Ice Palace. I found it on the shelf in my room that belonged to my parents' old books. Usually these books were ...

Suit Over Google Book Scanning Delayed on Appeal
Wall Street Journal
A federal appeals court on Monday again delayed a long-running lawsuit against Google Inc. over its efforts to electronically scan millions of books from public and university libraries in order to make them available online. The case was put on hold ...

Book Cycle program to promote childhood literacy grows from humble beginnings
Greenfield Daily Reporter
Flash forward to present day and the program, called Book Cycle, has blossomed. The program, which provides books to toddlers and preschoolers from low-income families, gives out an average 1,300 new books annually with more than 300 children ...

Brooklyn Book Festival Expands as Reputation of Small Presses Grows
MetroFocus (blog)
“There's never been a better time to be an independent publisher,” said Johnny Temple, founder of the independent publisher Akashic Books, the chair of the Brooklyn Borough President's Literary Council and the de facto leader of the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Book Review: The Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren
Blogcritics.org (blog)
There are times when reading a groundbreaking novel, one that fathered more than its share of offspring--some good, some bad; some following gingerly, some demolishing the old ground; that you may find yourself disappointed with the patriarch. Not so ...

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In his book, La Russa revisits Cardinals' rivalry with Brewers in 2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
But in the book La Russa reserves particular criticism of Brewers reserve outfielder Nyjer Morgan. "One Last Strike," which La Russa wrote with Rick Hummel is scheduled for release on Sept. 25. "When you play a team eighteen times during the regular ...

Book review; “The Quilt Walk”
Bloomington Pantagraph
So your young'un has raced through all the Little House books and you'd love to find something else for her to enjoy? You can stop your search here. This is what she's looking for. “The Quilt Walk” is based loosely on a true event, and though author ...

Book News: Writing the Future, Readings from Banned Books : The ...
By Andrea DenHoed
An Iranian foundation has raised the bounty on Salman Rushdie. (David Remnick has more on the latest news.) “I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.” An interview with William Gibson. Pictures...
Page-Turner

Apple iPhone 5 pre-order demand has exceeded the initial supply ...
By a TeleRead Contributor
We've also got some potentially bad news: Apple has announced that the iPhone 5 pre-orders have topped two million. .... "I read about a hundred books (mostly novels) a year, almost exclusively on the Kindle apps on iPhone and iPad.
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'Fifty Shades' author says story is her fantasy
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
In May 2011, a small Australian press released an erotic e-book, with an agreement to print paperbacks on demand. The title: “Fifty Shades of ... Since then, millions of readers have validated James' private fantasies (oh yes, the author owns up to it ...

Big Orange Book Festival
NBC San Diego (blog)
But as far as get-togethers where authors gather and panelists chitchat and books are sold and signed? Those aren't merely healthy, they're apparently thriving, and very much so around Southern California parts. There's the massive Los Angeles Times ...

Author: Presidents Who Work With Congress Oversee Good Economies, Keep Job
NewsMax.com
Presidents who are able to effectively work with Congress are the ones who end up overseeing the nation's best economies and those that don't can end up serving just one term, Bob Deitrick co-author of the new book “Bulls, Bears, and the Ballot Box ...

Gateway Books: Josh Radnor on Liberal Arts and How I Met Your Mother
Crave Online
If people love the book and they're holding it and talking about it, they don't really say the title. They just go about discussing the book. The second reason is I wanted everyone to bring their favoritebook to it, whatever was, “Oh, this is my ...

Iran increases price on 'Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie's head by $500K
NBCNews.com (blog)
DUBAI -- An Iranian religious foundation has increased its reward for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, in response to a U.S.-made film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad, sparking protests across the Muslim world. Rushdie, an Indian-born ...

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Obama: Short story author?
CNN (blog)
FAREED ZAKARIA: [Obama] shows you his private office, that little cubbyhole, and there are a lot of books in it, which, we know he's a reading president. But there's a novel on top, Julian Barnes. And we know from a couple of other things that you ...

Blind author beats the odds, recovering after devastating accident
Statesman Journal
Local storyteller and author John Dashney, who is legally blind, talks about his being hit by a car in a crosswalk, his recovery and his plans for the future. / KOBBI R. BLAIR / Statesman Journal. More... Today, he has seven books in print that are ...

'Crimson Footprints' author Shewanda Pugh on breaking down barriers
USA TODAY
Shewanda Pugh, debut author of Crimson Footprints, doesn't shrink from a challenge, even if it's writing a romance. She's here to introduce us to her coincidentally biracial hero and heroine and how love breaks down barriers. Shewanda: Nothing gets me ...

USA TODAY

Exclusive Book Excerpt: Heart Stalk Paul McCartney in 'Kicking and Dreaming'
RollingStone.com
Exclusive Book Excerpt: Heart Stalk Paul McCartney in 'Kicking and Dreaming'. Get an first look at the rock sisters' upcoming memoir. Tweet. Comment. By Rolling Stone. September 17, 2012 2:40 PM ET. Heart. Harper Collins. The glamorous and ...

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An writer to watch: 'Cranes Dance' author Meg Howrey talks 'Black Swan ...
Entertainment Weekly
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Going from dancer to author isn't exactly a natural progression. How did ... I thought everyone would think this was just a ridiculous thing to do, and I sort of struggled through the book teaching myself how to write just by writing.

Re-read- Transforming books
Tallahassee.com (blog)
Our culture has deeply embedded reactions to certain material items, one of them being “the book.” Mothers teach their children not to write in books, in church- you must treat the utmost of bookswith the deepest respect, and school is simultaneous ...

Royal fallout: Ireland to introduce tougher privacy laws after Irish Daily ...
Mirror.co.uk
The Irish Daily Star did not refer in today's edition to the decision to re-run pages from French magazine Closer, the first to publish the images. But it did carry photographs and a story about the latest stage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's ...

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Remembering Author Jean Craighead George
Patch.com
Author and Chappaqua resident Jean Craighead George, one of the earliest participants in the program, died in May at the age of 92. A guest book for signatures and comments and copies of herbooks were on hand for those wishing to remember her.

Q&A: Geologist David Montgomery on Noah's flood
The Seattle Times
Montgomery will discuss his book at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Tickets are $5; free for Burke members (burkemuseum.org or 206-543-5590). • Montgomery also will be interviewed Oct. 16 on "Well Read," the booksand ...

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Hana pips others for 'scoop' book
Stuff.co.nz
Lower Hutt schoolgirl Hana Olds gave herself a few weeks to write a book about the life of renowned plastic surgeon Swee Tan - a man working towards a cancer cure in between lifesaving surgery. Although it took her longer than she thought, the 12-year ...

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Author shares ghostly encounters near Antietam National Battlefield and ...
The Herald-Mail
Riley, who hosts the radio show “Ghostly Encounters” and is the author of the book “Ghostly Encounters of Gettysburg,” according to the Gettysburg Ghost Tours website atwww.gettysburgghosttours.com, also has been featured on television shows and ...

Junot Diaz on Heartbreak, Love and his Latest Book, "This is How You Lose Her"
NBC New York
Junot Diaz, at the age of 27, became a literary sensation with the publication of his first book, "Drown," (1996), a collection of short stories. His readers had to wait more than a decade for his second book, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," a ...

Same As It Ever Was
City & State
In his book Lifflander tells the life story of Sulzer, who fulfilled his longtime aspiration of becoming governor of New York State on New Year's Day, 1913, only to be drummed out of office ten months later, impeached by the leaders of his own ...

Matthew Quick talks 'Silver Linings' and suicide in YA books
Los Angeles Times
We caught up with the 38-year-old Massachusetts author to talk about his basement-to-big-screen success and “Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock” -- his new young-adult book about a suicidal teen that will be published next year by Little, Brown Books for ...

Book club queen Kathy Patrick spreads words
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Patrick will be in Spartanburg this week as part of Spartanburg's 7Reads program, which encourages students in School District 7 to read books during the summer. On Monday, Patrick, along with other authors, will speak at The ... Also appearing at The ...

Market in children's books thrives, with promise found in fall releases
Columbus Dispatch
Last year, publishing revenues for children's books rose 12 percent to $2.78 billion, while e-books made astounding gains, according to BookStats, a collaboration of the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group. ... to buy ...

Columbus Dispatch

Book Review: The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines
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 ... Book Review: The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines. "A sinister...

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Book review: Murder mystery is set against bloody WWI in 'An Unmarked Grave'
Lincoln Journal Star
Bess has had experience in such things, solving crimes in other books of this series. Here, she is in terrible danger because she may have seen the killer in the chaos of the battle. Others who were with her that night start turning up dead. And the ...

Book Review: Death In Breslau: An Eberhard Mock Investigation by Marek ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
The book tells the story of the rape and murder of a young noble woman, Marietta von der Malten, and her maid, found slaughtered in a way that suggests a ritual killing. The women are discovered in a luxury train car, their bellies sliced open and ...

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Book Review: Florence: Art and Architecture by Prof. Antonio Paolucci, et al.
Blogcritics.org (blog)
With over 500 gorgeous illustrations, many full page or even spread over two pages, this large book will mesmerize the eye of the viewer no matter where he or she opens the book. Start at the beginning or visit favorites over and over again. There is ...

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Children's Author Inspires America's Youth To Make A Difference
Sacramento Bee
These are the qualities that bestselling children's book author T.A. Barron instills in his heroic fictional characters, and the same traits he recognizes in the recipients of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. The Gloria Barron Prize for Young ...

Author: Warcraft 3 almost had six playable races
Shacknews
In our last two chats with David Craddock about his upcoming Blizzard book Stay Awhile and Listen, the author has given us stories about Diablo 2 hardcore mode and details on Blizzard North's early desire to create a sports division. Today, we get a ...

Richard Bard Inks Book Deal for Self-Published Thrillers - GalleyCat
By Maryann Yin
Richard Bard Inks Book Deal for Self-Published Thrillers. ... Thriller writer Richard Bard has landed a three-book deal with Amazon Publishing's Thomas & Mercer imprint for his Brainrush series. Bard had previously self-published Brainrush in July 2011; The Enemy of my Enemy followed in February 2012. The publisher plans to re-release both books in February 2013. The conclusion title, Final Judgment, will come out in June ... and inspiring … It's an exciting time for this new author! ” ...
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Hachette's E-Book Prices for Libraries to Raise 220% | TeleRead ...
By Dan Eldridge
According to Paid Content, however, Hachette is currently working with two unnamed e-bookdistributors to test a pilot program that makes new e-books available to some libraries. * * *. From Infodocket: Dear Library Partner,. Hachette will be ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Stardust Author Neil Gaiman Posts Letter From ... - Movieline
By Frank DiGiacomo
Anna Gurji's acting experience in Innocence of Muslims may turn out to be more frightening than any horror/fantasy genius Neil Gaiman ever wrote. On Monday, the Sandman author posted a letter he received from Gurji on his website, Neil ...
Movieline

Ebook price hike causes friction between publisher and libraries ...
By Adi Robertson
The American Library Association has denounced publisher Hachette for an impending price hike that would more than triple the cost of backlisted ebook titles. In a statement, ALA President Maureen...
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Guest Author Avery Flynn–Alpha, Abs and Attitude | Smexy Books
By Mandi
Guest Author Avery Flynn–Alpha, Abs and Attitude. September 17, 2012. Avery Flynn, Guest Author. We are happy to have Avery Flynn at Smexy today, to celebrate the release of the third book in her Layton Family series, Passion Creek.
Smexy Books

Contemporary Artists' Books Conference 2012 | e-flux
By Printed Matter, Inc.
Contemporary Artists' Books Conference. in conjunction with The NY Art Book Fair September 28–29, 2012. MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Avenue Long Island City, NY. View the Conference schedule ». Share. The Contemporary Artists' Books ...
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Molly Ringwald Turns The Page, Releases First Book « CBS New York
By julieparise
Her new book, "When It Happens To You," is a collection of short stories. She dropped ... Molly Ringwald Turns The Page, Releases First Book. September 17, 2012 11:49 AM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity. What's this? Add to Timeline - What's This. Click "Log in" to publish what you read to Facebook. See what ... After entering the Hollywood scene at a young age, you might think her first book would be a tell-all tale of life on the silver screen. But that's...
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Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Round one …
By Frank Wilson
Liberal apologists for Barack Obama should read Judge Forrest's 112-page ruling. It is a chilling explication and denunciation of the massive erosion of the separation of powers. It courageously challenges the overreach of Congress and the ...
Books, Inq. — The Epilogue

Book of the Week: The Onion's Great Escape
By Design Mom
This book is a treasure! Every page offers new discoveries, quirky details and questions that get your brain thinking, thinking, thinking. Plus, it has this funny little feature where the middle of the bookpops out and forms a 3-D onion — which is ...
Design Mom

What You Need to Know to Publish Your Book
By Noemi
Thanks to the ability to self-publish, practically anyone can write a book and get it out to the readers. That is not to say that the quality of all self-published books are high, in terms of the content. That, naturally, is dependent on you, the author.
BloggingPro

Metal Gear 25th Anniversary book collection is super rare but lovely ...
By Dave Cook
Begin your pipe dream of owning them below. Konami's official Metal Gear book collection spans seven volumes, each going behind the scenes on the series' art and development. Only 2,500 editions will be made. The books included are: ...
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Literature Versus Traffic, 10,000 Glowing Books in the Streets of ...
This past June, Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus brought “Literature versus Traffic,” an installation of 10,000 LED-lit books, to Federation Square in ...
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VIRGINIA THIS MORNING: Author Howard Owen | WTVR.com ...
Award-Winning Author Howard Owen talks about his new book, 'Oregon Hill.' ... of his book this Wednesday, Sept. 19th at Chop Suey Books in Carytown at 6pm.
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Book Review: 'Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East ...
Book Review: 'Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian' by ... led a staggeringly productive life — publishing a jaw-dropping 32 books — and .... the RAND Corporation and theauthor of "Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle ...
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Best Healthy Books
Best Healthy Books. Good Reads: Our Picks For the Best Books on Healthy Living ... ReadingBooks Backstage Book Club: What Models Read Off the Runways ...
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Less Talky, More Drinky Book Club Group (0 Members)
Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion. Loading-trans. search. Home · MyBooks · Friends · Recommendations · listopia · giveaways ...
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