JK Rowling: New Book & Why She Spent Time in Therapy

JK Rowling: New Book & Why She Spent Time in Therapy
Gather.com
Now, as a JK Rowling new book is on the verge of being released, fans are waiting expectantly to read it, even though it is a far cry from the Harry Potter Series. Rowling's new book, called The Casual Vacancy, is about small town politics. While this ...

New Romney ad cites Woodward book
CNN (blog)
(CNN) - Mitt Romney's latest campaign ad criticizes President Barack Obama, using an excerpt from a recently released book that recounts tension between Obama and top Democrats on Capitol Hill. "If he cannot lead his own party, how can he lead America ...

New book celebrates life of late Mass. radio host
Boston.com
The book, titled ''Sully: The Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan,'' was written by Patrick Cook, a former colleague and friend who is director of public affairs at the college. Middlesex Community College Foundation published the book, which ...

Espresso Book Machine allows on-demand book printing in Madison
Torrington Register Citizen
This machine — the Espresso Book Machine, created by On Demand Books and now in residence at R. J. Julia Booksellers — is creating a buzz that has writers, book lovers and technology geeks lining up to see what it's about. The Espresso Book Machine ...

Rick Perry Debate 'Oops' Due To Lack Of Sleep, Book Writes
Huffington Post
Sept 22 (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry's embarrassing inability to remember a government department he would eliminate if he became president, perhaps the biggest gaffe of the 2012 election campaign, was due to chronic lack of sleep, a new book ...

Book reviews: 'Talking to the Dead,' 'Argo'
New York Daily News
But along comes a book like “Talking to the Dead,” by Harry Bingham, and suddenly an unadvertised opening is filled. Fiona Griffith, Bingham's protagonist, is an odd fit among the detectives on the Cardiff police force. She took prizes at Cambridge ...

New York Daily News

Banned Book Week helps fight for free speech
The Courier-Journal
Since the launch of Banned Books Week 30 years ago, more than 11,000 book challenges have been reported in public schools and libraries. Since many are never reported, the total is probably much higher. There were 326 in 2011. The list of the 10 most ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals how wife Maria Shriver confronted him about ...
New York Daily News
In an explosive tell-all book, Arnold Schwarzenegger offers “Total Recall” of the infidelity that ruined his marriage — revealing his wife confronted him about his love child in couples counseling. “The Terminator” actor writes that Maria Shriver ...

New York Daily News

Book review: 'Across the Sea, Across the Plains' tells of handcart pioneers in ...
Deseret News
In her new book “Across the Sea, Across the Plains: The Epic Account of the Willie & Martin Handcart Companies from Europe to Zion,” author Shelli Simmons examines the stories of these specific members of the early LDS Church that eventually made up ...

Deseret News

Salman Rushdie talks new book, furor over anti-Muslim ... - CBS News
CBS News video: Salman Rushdie talks new book, furor over anti-Muslim film - Salman ...
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After Jail and Release, New Fame as an Author

New York Times
It's not that Mr. Echols, 37, one of the defendants in the notorious West Memphis Three murder case and the author of a new memoir, “Life After Death,” has become tired of a frantic, indifferent city or jaded by his own long-sought, hard-won freedom ...

New York Times

Arnold Schwarzenegger totally recalls failed marriage in new book
Examiner.com
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's soon to be release book “Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story” reveals the painful details of the infidelity that ruined his marriage. The “Governator,” as he is affectionately known gave the ...

Duluth Public Library now offering 'Book Club in a Bag'
Duluth News Tribune
“Our book club got so big — 14 people — so we started using Book Club in a Bag,” said Garrett, noting that some people in her group read faster than others, so books are passed around among members. “We get more books without having to spend a lot of ...

Book corner: 100 Things Falcons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
He previously worked for AOL's FanHouse and currently is the Rapid Reports Correspondent covering the Falcons for CBS Sports. He lives in Woodstock, Georgia. The book is billed as the ultimate resource for true Falcons fans. The book is full of ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Local book club review: Burgh Worms, "Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of ...
Times Herald-Record
The whole story comes together in a book that is written like fiction, both from the fact that it keeps you reading like any other good mystery out there and the fact that there are many twists and turns in finding the true thief. The research that ...

Art book without pictures raises perennial issue of pricey textbooks
CTV News
TORONTO--The outcry from a group of first-year students forced to buy an expensive art history bookthat has no art in it has focused attention on an issue as perennial and seemingly as intractable as fall back-to-school jitters: the cost of college ...

Colorado author Sandra Dallas visits Eagle Thursday
Vail Daily News
... as well as 10 nonfiction books. Special to the Daily. If you go ... Who: Author Sandra Dallas talk and book signing. Where: Brush Creek Pavilion in Eagle. ... While Dallas' books typically touch on well-documented historic events, she mixes those ...

Pam Platt | Under ayatollah's death threat, author Salman Rushdie points way ...
The Courier-Journal
Its similar narrative goes back 23 years, to a Valentine's Day death sentence Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini hung on author Salman Rushdie, a Booker Prize-winning writer born in India in a Muslim family, for his fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses ...

Author to join hall of fame
Denton Record Chronicle
She is a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded a fellowship at Yale University for study with Harold Bloom, and in 2006 she received the West Texas Book Festival's A.C. Greene...

Denton Record Chronicle

Author defends Monsanto GM study as EU orders review
Tehran Times
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The Frenchauthor of a study linking a type of genetically modified corn to higher health risks in rats dismissed criticism of his research methods on Thursday, describing the ...

Dublin man's book details early life in Afghanistan
Tri-Valley Herald
Describing the journey he has taken from his boyhood in a once-beautiful and now war-ravaged nation to the upcoming Tuesday release of his new book, the 59-year-old author and Dublin resident speaks with blinding honesty of swirling memories and ...

How Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz plays with his readers — & ended ...
CultureMap Houston
Instead, the Dominican-American author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao likes to create games in the sense that writer and reader play together to assemble the book. Case in point: When reading his latest work, This Is How You Lose ... Readers ...

Author digs into politicized relationship between president, high-court ...
Columbus Dispatch
Jeffrey Toobin, CNN analyst and author of the best-selling The Nine, not only provides the answer in his new book, The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court, but also places it in the broader context of what he calls the “evolution” of the ...

Columbus Dispatch

Book sellers in Baghdad's iconic al-Mutanabbi street under crackdown
العربية نت
This is how al-Mutanabbi street looked like; a winding street filled with outdoor book-fair stalls. Poems and prose invaded its atmosphere until one day when Baghdad municipality raided the street and smashed all the book stalls with the support of ...

New book says you don't have to be a star to shine
Green Bay Press Gazette
This book cover image released by St. Martin's Press shows 'How to Look Hot in a Minivan: A Real Woman's Guide to Losing Weight, Looking Great, and Dressing Chic in the Age of the Celebrity Mom,' by Janice Min. (AP Photo/St. Martin's Press) / AP ...

Award-winning Commander Bill King, yachtsman and author, has died at 102 ...
Examiner.com
Commander King was a British naval officer, yachtsman and author, and he was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop around the world yacht race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. King was also the last surviving British World War II ...

'Sutton': conscience-ridden bank robber becomes a national hero
The Seattle Times
Author appearance. J.R. Moehringer. The author of "Sutton" will appear at 7 p.m. Oct. 15 at Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Co.; free (206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com). Most Popular Comments ...

Kiwi author knocked from top of list
Stuff.co.nz
While the top of the chart was dominated by movie-adaptations, Whitcoulls book manager Joan Mackenzie remarked on the number of classic authors who made up the body of the list. "A number of timeless books have made the list this year, including titles ...

The library with no rules
The Guardian (blog)
Mark, a 16-year-old accountancy student at the Philippine Christian University in Manila, is organising a book drive with friends. "We've collected 90 books so far, and we expect many more," he says. "We're taking them to the barrios next month. Books...

The Guardian (blog)

Book Excerpt: How the White House is won
Denver Post
This book offers a complete but concise guide to the nuts and bolts of presidential campaigns from start to finish — from a candidate's first trip to Iowa through the inauguration of a new president. It explains the features, structures, and ...

Yuvraj to author book on father
Hindustan Times
... of fans and the media, who supported him all through", he added. Meanwhile, Yograj said that he too had turned author and was writing a book "My Lost Days", in which he will talk about his life journey including his experiences in the Punjabi film ...

No matter the genre, author Strayed aims to tell 'human truth'
Las Vegas Review - Journal
Cheryl Strayed will answer queries, sign books at library event. Courtesy Photo. Previous image Enlarge Close Next image ... Best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, who works in literary forms ranging from short stories and essays to - and how cool is this...

Las Vegas Review - Journal

Jim O'Neill's Favorite Books, Economists - Business Insider
By Sam Ro
Jim O'Neill's Books and Economists. ... GOLDMAN'S TOP ECONOMIST: These Are The Books And Economists That Shaped The Way I Think. 1/11. Robert Solow's work on Growth Theory Rudi Dornbusch's theories on exchange rates John ...
Business Insider

Behold, The Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator - The Frisky
By Jessica Wakeman
The author of "Why Have Kids" explores parenting and happiness. Read More » · itunes censorship. iTunes censors the word "vagina" in "The Vagina Monologues" e-book. ... Book Club Rules. Five rules for a book club that actually reads. Read More ». The only reason Nothing: What Sandcastles Can Teach Us About North Korean Economic Policy, Slurp: What Kittens' Tongues Teach Us About Derivatives, and Clarissa: How One ... Posted Under: books, malcolm gladwell, reading ...
The Frisky

By Ken Levine: Here's my book trailer
By Ken Levine
It used to be you needed book stores but there are very few of those around anymore. So with the help of my good friend, Howard Hoffman I made one for my new book, THE ME GENERATION... BY ME (GROWING UP IN THE '60s). I've seen ...
By Ken Levine

Book Review: 'A Father First' - Hot Hot Hoops
By Diego.Quezada
As a redshirt college freshman, Dwyane Wade had to take the role of somewhat of an assistant coach. During halftime of a home game, Marquette coach Tom Crean turned to Wade and asked him to speak to the players, many of whom were ...
Hot Hot Hoops

Salman Rushdie's new book, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali's reaction « Why ...
By whyevolutionistrue
Rusdie's new book, Joseph Anton: a Memoir, was released just four days ago, and is already #13 on Amazon's best-seller list, with most of the (“Joseph Anton” was Rushdie's pseudonym when he was in hiding.) You can read a longish ...
Why Evolution Is True

Book (and poetry) lovers alive and well in Santa Rosa
By PD staff
Book lovers agreed Saturday that there are two parts to reading: First, actually reading the book. Then, sharing what ... She's now 7 and an accomplished reader of “horsey books,” and is learning about French, her mom said. “She's always ...
Santa Rosa, CA

Children's history book, 'Our Constitution Rocks' | MRCTV
By Vote
Search this site: Home · Videos · Audio · Blog · Channels · Vote's picture. Children's history book, 'Our Constitution Rocks'. Vote. Sunday, September 23, 2012 - 10:42am. Loading the player .
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Author Salman Rushdie Discusses Life in Hiding | NBC 7 San Diego
Controversial author Salman Rushdie visited UCSD to discuss his new book, Joseph Anton, based on the false name he used when he went into hiding after ...
www.nbcsandiego.com/.../Author-Salman-Rushdie-Discusses-...

Daily Kos: Banning & Burning Books in America
The annual list of banned or challenged books run a wide range, in recent years, books that ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-Banning-Burning-Books-in-America



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